K91.87
K91.87 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K91.87 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive 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
K91.87 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 K91.87
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- K91.870Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
- K91.871Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
- K91.872Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
- K91.873Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K91.8. If K91.87 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- K91.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Questions about K91.87
- Is K91.87 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K91.87 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K91.87 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).