K91.81
K91.81: Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K91.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative complications of digestive system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K91.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above K91.81
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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K91.81 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Complication›intraoperative›specified NEC›digestive system
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under K91.8
- 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