ICD-10-CM Code D73.8
Other diseases of spleen
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code D73.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of D73.8 that describes the diagnosis 'other diseases of spleen' in more detail.
- D73.8 Other diseases of spleen NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE D73.81 Neutropenic splenomegaly
- BILLABLE D73.89 Other diseases of spleen
The ICD code D73 is used to code Splenic disease
Splenic diseases include splenomegaly, where the spleen is enlarged for various reasons. On the other hand, a lack of normal spleen function is called asplenia.
| Specialty: | Medical Genetics |
| MeSH Codes: | D013158, D013158, D013158 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 289.4, 289.5, 759.0 |
Micrograph of a spleen with hyaloserositis. H&E stain.
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'D73.8 - Other diseases of spleen'
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Parent Code: D73 - Diseases of spleen