K91.71 — Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a digestive system procedure
K91.71 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a digestive system procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K91.71 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.
Medicare coverage
K91.71 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A57591Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Abdominal / Visceral Vascular Studies
How K91.71 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K91.71.
- Complication›intraoperative›puncture or laceration›digestive system›during procedure on digestive system
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K91.7. If K91.71 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K91.71
- Is K91.71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K91.71 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K91.71 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).