Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

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 other 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 other organ

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
K91.872	Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure	Valid