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K91.87 ICD-10-CM Code: Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (K91.87). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for K91.87 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.

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on K91.87 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 and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
    FY2017 changes

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Relationships & Classification

Other codes that name K91.87 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.

1 Excludes2 notes: T81 (via K91.-).

Contextual Map

Every relationship of K91.87 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

  • K00-K95 — Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95) (K00-K95) [Hierarchy]
  • K90-K95 — Other diseases of the digestive system [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • T81 — Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified [Excludes2](via K91.-): “intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)” · check together

Nearest codes (31)

  • K91 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified [Sibling]
  • K91.0 — Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery [Sibling]
  • K91.1 — Postgastric surgery syndromes [Sibling]
  • K91.2 — Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified [Sibling]
  • K91.3 — Postprocedural intestinal obstruction [Sibling]
  • K91.30 — Postprocedural intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to partial versus complete [Sibling]
  • K91.31 — Postprocedural partial intestinal obstruction [Sibling]
  • K91.32 — Postprocedural complete intestinal obstruction [Sibling]
  • and 23 more

Change history

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

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can K91.87 be billed directly?

No. K91.87 (Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to K91.87 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • K91.841 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
  • K91.85 — Complications of intestinal pouch
  • K91.850 — Pouchitis
  • K91.858 — Other complications of intestinal pouch
  • K91.86 — Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
  • K91.870 — Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
  • K91.871 — Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
  • K91.872 — Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
  • K91.873 — Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
  • K91.89 — Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system

View all codes in the K91 family