ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K90-K95 › K91.87 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma... › K91.872
K91.872
Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Seroma > postprocedural
- Disorder > postprocedural
- Complication > postoperative
- Disorder > eye > postprocedural
- Complication > postprocedural > seroma > digestive system > following procedure on digestive system
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K91.870 | Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure | Valid |
| K91.871 | Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure | Valid |
| K91.873 | Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure | Valid |