Is E89.821 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E89.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E89.821 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders, not elsewhere classified (E89).

E89.821

E89.821 — Postprocedural hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure following other procedure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E89.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure following other procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

E89.821 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

E89.821 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 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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A57736Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing

How E89.821 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 E89.821.

Complication›postprocedural›hematoma›endocrine system›following other procedure

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E89.82. If E89.821 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E89.821

Is E89.821 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E89.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E89.821 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Postprocedural endocrine and metabolic complications and disorders, not elsewhere classified (E89).