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D78.89 ICD-10-CM Code: Other postprocedural complications of the spleen

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 use-additional code

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

Use additional codeReport with this code when documented
  • code, if applicable, to further specify disorder

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 919 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC (MDC 21)
  • MS-DRG 920 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC (MDC 21)
  • MS-DRG 921 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 21)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for D78.89 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on D78.89 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code, if applicable, to further specify disorder

Source: inherited from D78.8

Coder workflow for D78.89

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code D78.89

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on D78.89; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying D78.89(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with D78.89 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with D78.89?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Other postprocedural complications of the spleen is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (D78.89).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Official Coding Guidelines

No excerpt in the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines names this code specifically. Its chapter carries only this chapter-wide note:

Chapter 3: Disease of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)

Reserved for future guideline expansion

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2027). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name D78.89 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 10 Excludes2 notes: T80 — Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (via D78.-), T80-T88 — Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88) (via D78.-), T81 — Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (via D78.-), T82 — Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via D78.-), T83 — Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via D78.-), T84 — Complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via D78.-), T85 — Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via D78.-), T86 — Complications of transplanted organs and tissue (via D78.-), T87 — Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation (via D78.-), T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (via D78.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 18 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 3 MS-DRGs: DRG 919 (MDC 21), DRG 920 (MDC 21), DRG 921 (MDC 21).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):BLD009 — Postprocedural or postoperative complications of the spleen (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as CC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

D78.81 — Other intraoperative complications of the spleen, H95.811 — Postprocedural stenosis of right external ear canal, H95.812 — Postprocedural stenosis of left external ear canal, H95.813 — Postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal, bilateral, H95.819 — Postprocedural stenosis of unspecified external ear canal, H95.88 — Other intraoperative complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified, H95.89 — Other postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified, I97.3 — Postprocedural hypertension, M96.89 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, N98.1 — Hyperstimulation of ovaries, N98.2 — Complications of attempted introduction of fertilized ovum following in vitro fertilization, N98.3 — Complications of attempted introduction of embryo in embryo transfer, N98.8 — Other complications associated with artificial fertilization, N98.9 — Complication associated with artificial fertilization, unspecified, T81.82XA — Emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure, initial encounter, T81.89XA — Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter, T81.9XXA — Unspecified complication of procedure, initial encounter

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Postprocedural or postoperative complications of the spleen).

D78.01 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure on the spleen, D78.02 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating other procedure, 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, D78.21 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen, D78.22 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following other procedure, D78.31 — Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen, D78.32 — Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following other procedure, D78.33 — Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen, D78.34 — Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following other procedure, D78.81 — Other intraoperative complications of the spleen

Contextual Map

Every relationship of D78.89 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (10)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 21 — Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs[MDC crossing]: “Injuries, Poisonings and Toxic Effects of Drugs — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 32,063 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), postprocedural, specified NEC, spleen[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), surgical procedure (on), spleen (postoperative)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (17)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2027), quoted by section Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "D78.89 — Other postprocedural complications of the spleen." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/d78.89-other-postprocedural-complications-of-the-spleen

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Other postprocedural complications of the spleen

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to D78.89 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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