G97.5
G97.5 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G97.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
G97.5 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 G97.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G97. If G97.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- G97.0Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture
- G97.1Other reaction to spinal and lumbar puncture
- G97.2Intracranial hypotension following ventricular shunting
- G97.3Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedure
- G97.4Accidental puncture and laceration of a nervous system organ or structure during a procedure
- G97.6Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
- G97.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
Questions about G97.5
- Is G97.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G97.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G97.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Other disorders of the nervous system (G89-G99).