ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

I30.8 Other forms of acute pericarditis

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About I30.8

Code: I30.8
Billable: Yes
Short description: Other forms of acute pericarditis
Category: I30 Acute pericarditis
Block: I30-I5A Other forms of heart disease
Chapter: 9 Diseases of the circulatory system
Code set: FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for I30.8

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from I30 Acute pericarditis

Includes Conditions this code covers.

acute mediastinopericarditis
acute myopericarditis
acute pericardial effusion
acute pleuropericarditis
acute pneumopericarditis

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

Dressler's syndrome (I24.1)
rheumatic pericarditis (acute) (I01.0)
viral pericarditis due to Coxsackie virus (B33.23)

Chapter 9 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

Related codes in I30

I30.0 Acute nonspecific idiopathic pericarditisBillable
I30.1 Infective pericarditisBillable
I30.9 Acute pericarditis, unspecifiedBillable

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ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.