E36.1

E36.1: Accidental puncture and laceration of an endocrine system organ or structure during a procedure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E36.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental puncture and laceration of an endocrine system organ or structure during a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above E36.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on E36: Intraoperative complications of endocrine system

postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders, not elsewhere classified (E89.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with E36.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E36.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating a procedure

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E36.1

2 child codes. Green means billable.