J95.86
J95.86 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J95.86 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a respiratory 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
J95.86 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 J95.86
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- J95.860Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure
- J95.861Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure
- J95.862Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure
- J95.863Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J95.8. If J95.86 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- J95.81Postprocedural pneumothorax and air leak
- J95.82Postprocedural respiratory failure
- J95.83Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
- J95.84Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
- J95.85Complication of respirator [ventilator]
- J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
- J95.88Other intraoperative complications of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
- J95.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
Questions about J95.86
- Is J95.86 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J95.86 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J95.86 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95).