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G97.61 ICD-10-CM Code: Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure

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

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0, 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.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (G97.61).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for G97.61 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), postprocedural, hematoma (of), nervous system, following nervous system procedure

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on G97.61 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
    FY2017 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). 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.

Relationships & Classification

Potential MS-DRG Relationships (FY2026)

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 74 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):NVS021 — Postprocedural or postoperative nervous system complication (default).

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

Contextual Map

Every relationship of G97.61 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.

Hierarchy

  • G00-G99 — Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (G00-G99) (G00-G99) [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • NVS021 — Postprocedural or postoperative nervous system complication [CCSR]

Potential MS-DRG

  • CC — Complication or Comorbidity [MS-DRG severity]: “As a secondary diagnosis this code can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier (CC).”
  • DRG 919 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC [MS-DRG]: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC (MDC 21)”
  • DRG 920 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC [MS-DRG]: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC (MDC 21)”
  • DRG 921 — COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC [MS-DRG]: “COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 21)”

MDC crossing · procedures (32029)

  • 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.”
  • 0016070 — Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Nasopharynx with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Nasopharynx with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 21, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 0016071 — Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Mastoid Sinus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Mastoid Sinus with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 21, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 0016072 — Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Atrium with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Atrium with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 21, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 0016073 — Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Blood Vessel with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Blood Vessel with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 21, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 0016074 — Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Pleural Cavity with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Bypass Cerebral Ventricle to Pleural Cavity with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 21, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • and 32024 more

Index entries

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), postprocedural, hematoma (of), nervous system, following nervous system procedure[Index term]

Nearest codes (23)

  • G97 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified [Sibling]
  • G97.0 — Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture [Sibling]
  • G97.1 — Other reaction to spinal and lumbar puncture [Sibling]
  • G97.2 — Intracranial hypotension following ventricular shunting [Sibling]
  • G97.3 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedure [Sibling]
  • G97.31 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a nervous system procedure [Sibling]
  • G97.32 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating other procedure [Sibling]
  • G97.4 — Accidental puncture and laceration of a nervous system organ or structure during a procedure [Sibling]
  • and 15 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to G97.61 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • G97.49 — Accidental puncture and laceration of other nervous system organ or structure during other procedure
  • G97.5 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
  • G97.51 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
  • G97.52 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
  • G97.6 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
  • G97.62 — Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
  • G97.63 — Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
  • G97.64 — Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
  • G97.8 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
  • G97.81 — Other intraoperative complications of nervous system

View all codes in the G97 family