T79.2
T79.2: Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T79.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T79.2
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›recurring, following initial hemorrhage at time of injury
- Seroma›traumatic, secondary and recurrent
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›secondary›following initial hemorrhage at time of injury
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›traumatic - code to specific injury›recurring or secondary(following initial hemorrhage at time of injury)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T79.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.