J95.6

J95.6: Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J95.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure due to accidental puncture and laceration during procedure (J95.7-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J95.6

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J95: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82)
hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
pulmonary manifestations due to radiation (J70.0-J70.1)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J95.6

2 child codes. Green means billable.