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37.31 - Pericardiectomy


The ICD 9 Code for Pericardiectomy is listed as 37.31.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 37.31
Description: Pericardiectomy
Short Description: Pericardiectomy
Chapter: Operations on the cardiovascular system
Subsection 1: Other operations on heart and pericardium
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN0ZZ - Excision of Pericardium, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN3ZZ - Excision of Pericardium, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN4ZZ - Excision of Pericardium, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02TN0ZZ - Resection of Pericardium, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02TN3ZZ - Resection of Pericardium, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02TN4ZZ - Resection of Pericardium, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 37.31:
37.32 - Excision of aneurysm of heart
37.33 - Excision or destruction of other lesion or tissue of heart, open approach
37.34 - Excision or destruction of other lesion or tissue of heart, endovascular approach
37.35 - Partial ventriculectomy
37.36 - Excision, destruction, or exclusion of left atrial appendage (LAA)
37.37 - Excision or destruction of other lesion or tissue of heart, thoracoscopic approach