E36.0
E36.0 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E36.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (E36.1-)
Risk adjustment
E36.0 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.
Code to one of these instead E36.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E36. If E36.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E36.0
- Is E36.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E36.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E36.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Intraoperative complications of endocrine system (E36).
- What cannot be coded together with E36.0?
- E36.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.