D68.9 — Coagulation defect, unspecified
D68.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for coagulation defect, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D68.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D68.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57188Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A57188Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How D68.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to D68.9.
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›coagulation
- Defect, defective›coagulation(factor)
- Deficiency, deficient›clotting(blood)
- Deficiency, deficient›coagulation NOS
- Disorder›bleeding
- Disorder›coagulation(factor)
- Disturbance›blood clotting(mechanism)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D68. If D68.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- D68.8Other specified coagulation defects
Questions about D68.9
- Is D68.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D68.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D68.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89), in the block Coagulation defects, purpura and other hemorrhagic conditions (D65-D69).