ICD-10-CM Code K91.6
Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure
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 K91.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of K91.6 that describes the diagnosis 'intraop hemor/hemtom of a dgstv sys org comp a procedure' in more detail.
- K91.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for K91.6 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure due to accidental puncture and laceration during a procedure - instead, use code K91.7-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K91.6 - Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure'
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Parent Code: K91 - Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified