ICD-10-CM · Chapter 3 · D50–D89
D78.21
Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen
Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
Quick facts
- Code
- D78.21
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 3 — Diseases of the blood and immune mechanism
- Category
- D78 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM D78.21 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in D78
- D78Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
- D78.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure
- D78.01Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure on the spleen
- D78.02Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating other procedure
- D78.1Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure
- D78.11Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure on the spleen
- D78.12Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during other procedure
- D78.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure
- D78.22Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following other procedure
- D78.3Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure
- D78.31Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen
- D78.32Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following other procedure
- D78.33Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen
- D78.34Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following other procedure
- D78.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
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