D68.8: Other specified coagulation defects
D68.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified coagulation defects. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D68.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- hemorrhagic disease of newborn (P53)
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- , if applicable, associated condition
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- COVID-19 associated coagulopathy
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D68.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D68.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with D68.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R79.1Abnormal coagulation profile
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D68.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57188Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Afibrinogenemia
- Fibrinogenopenia
- Hypofibrinogenemia
- Defect, defective›coagulation›specified type NEC
- Deficiency, deficient›coagulation NOS›specified NEC
- Deficiency, deficient›factor›multiple(congenital)
- Defect, defective›coagulation›with›COVID-19 associated coagulopathy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under D68
- D68.0Von Willebrand disease
- D68.1Hereditary factor XI deficiency
- D68.2Hereditary deficiency of other clotting factors
- D68.3Hemorrhagic disorder due to circulating anticoagulants
- D68.4Acquired coagulation factor deficiency
- D68.5Primary thrombophilia
- D68.6Other thrombophilia
- D68.9Coagulation defect, unspecified