E89.822 — Postprocedural seroma of an endocrine system organ or structure following an endocrine system procedure
E89.822 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural seroma of an endocrine system organ or structure following an endocrine system procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E89.822 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
E89.822 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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How E89.822 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 E89.822.
- Complication›postprocedural›seroma›endocrine system›following endocrine system procedure
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E89.82. If E89.822 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E89.820Postprocedural hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure following an endocrine system procedure
- E89.821Postprocedural hematoma of an endocrine system organ or structure following other procedure
- E89.823Postprocedural seroma of an endocrine system organ or structure following other procedure
Questions about E89.822
- Is E89.822 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E89.822 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E89.822 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).