E36.02 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating other procedure
E36.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating other procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E36.02 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
E36.02 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How E36.02 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 E36.02.
- Complication›intraoperative›hemorrhage›endocrine system organ or structure›during procedure on other organ
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E36.0. If E36.02 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E36.02
- Is E36.02 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E36.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E36.02 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Intraoperative complications of endocrine system (E36).