ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K90-K95 › K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural... › K91.8
K91.8
Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:
- K91.81 Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
- K91.82 Postprocedural hepatic failure
- K91.83 Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome
- K91.84 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure (also a header)
- K91.85 Complications of intestinal pouch (also a header)
- K91.86 Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
- K91.87 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure (also a header)
- K91.89 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
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 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2 - not included here
- complications of artificial opening of digestive system (K94.-)
- complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)
- gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- postprocedural (radiation) retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)
- radiation colitis (K52.0)
- radiation gastroenteritis (K52.0)
- radiation proctitis (K62.7)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K91.0 | Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery | Valid |
| K91.1 | Postgastric surgery syndromes | Valid |
| K91.2 | Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| K91.3 | Postprocedural intestinal obstruction | Not billable |
| K91.5 | Postcholecystectomy syndrome | Valid |
| K91.6 | Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure | Not billable |
| K91.7 | Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure | Not billable |