H95.5
H95.5 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of ear and mastoid process following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H95.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of ear and mastoid process following a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
H95.5 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 H95.5
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- H95.51Postprocedural hematoma of ear and mastoid process following a procedure on the ear and mastoid process
- H95.52Postprocedural hematoma of ear and mastoid process following other procedure
- H95.53Postprocedural seroma of ear and mastoid process following a procedure on the ear and mastoid process
- H95.54Postprocedural seroma of ear and mastoid process following other procedure
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H95. If H95.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H95.0Recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity
- H95.1Other disorders of ear and mastoid process following mastoidectomy
- H95.2Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of ear and mastoid process complicating a procedure
- H95.3Accidental puncture and laceration of ear and mastoid process during a procedure
- H95.4Postprocedural hemorrhage of ear and mastoid process following a procedure
- H95.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified
Questions about H95.5
- Is H95.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H95.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H95.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified (H95).