Is D78.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. D78.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does D78.89 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 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78).

D78.89

D78.89 — Other postprocedural complications of the spleen

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D78.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other postprocedural complications of the spleen. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

D78.89 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.

How D78.89 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 D78.89.

Complication›surgical procedure›spleen(postoperative)
Complication›postprocedural›specified NEC›spleen

Related codes at this level

Codes that share D78.8. If D78.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

D78.81Other intraoperative complications of the spleen

Questions about D78.89

Is D78.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. D78.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does D78.89 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 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78).