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K91.7

K91.7: Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K91.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K91.7

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

Written on K91: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified

  • complications of artificial opening of digestive system (K94.-)
  • complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)
  • gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
  • postprocedural (radiation) retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)
  • radiation colitis (K52.0)
  • radiation gastroenteritis (K52.0)
  • radiation proctitis (K62.7)

Other codes that can never be billed with K91.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure

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 K91.7

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under K91

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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