Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

D78.11 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure on the spleen
D78.12 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during other procedure

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D78.0	Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure	Not billable
D78.2	Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure	Not billable
D78.3	Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure	Not billable
D78.8	Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen	Not billable