Is E36.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E36.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E36.8 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Intraoperative complications of endocrine system (E36).

E36.8

E36.8 — Other intraoperative complications of endocrine system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E36.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative complications of endocrine system. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Risk adjustment

E36.8 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 E36.8 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 E36.8.

Complication›intraoperative›specified NEC›endocrine system

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E36. If E36.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E36.8

Is E36.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E36.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E36.8 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Intraoperative complications of endocrine system (E36).