K91.8
K91.8 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K91.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K91.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K91.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K91.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
K91.8 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 K91.8
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- K91.81Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
- K91.82Postprocedural hepatic failure
- K91.83Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome
- K91.84Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
- K91.85Complications of intestinal pouch
- K91.86Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
- K91.87Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
- K91.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K91. If K91.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- K91.0Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
- K91.1Postgastric surgery syndromes
- K91.2Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
- K91.3Postprocedural intestinal obstruction
- K91.5Postcholecystectomy syndrome
- K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure
- K91.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure
Questions about K91.8
- Is K91.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K91.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K91.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).