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.
Other codes that can never be billed with E36.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at E36.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading E36.1 alone.
- E36.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure complicating a procedure
Risk adjustment
E36.1 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 E36.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E36. If E36.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E36.1
- Is E36.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E36.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E36.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Intraoperative complications of endocrine system (E36).