I31.8
Other specified diseases of pericardium
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
I31code
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 2
I31.8code
Inclusion terms
- Epicardial plaques
- Focal pericardial adhesions
Index entries leading here 7
- Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) K57.90
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
- Pericarditis (with decompensation) (with effusion) I31.9
- Mediastinopericarditis — see also Pericarditis
- chronic I31.8
- Plaque (s)
- epicardial I31.8
- Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
- pleuropericardial I31.8
Alongside this code 6 same parent — I31
Additional references
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