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I31.31

Malignant pericardial effusion in diseases classified elsewhere

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
I31code
Excludes1
  • diseases of pericardium specified as rheumatic (I09.2)I09.2
  • postcardiotomy syndrome (I97.0)I97.0
  • traumatic injury to pericardium (S26.-)S26.-
I31.3code
Excludes1
  • acute pericardial effusion (I30.9)I30.9
I00-I99chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)G45.-

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1
I31.31code
Code first
  • underlying neoplasm (C00-D49)C00-D49
Index entries leading here 1
  • Effusion
    • pericardium, pericardial (noninflammatory) I31.39
      • malignant, in disease classified elsewhere I31.31
Alongside this code 1 same parent — I31.3
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

CMS28HCC17

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
I31.3
Block
I30-I5A
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.