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Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-10-CM

Specificity & Clinical Detail

ICD-10-CM makes a distinction between intraoperative and postprocedural complications.

This chart shows examples of codes for intraoperative and postoperative complications.

Table 13. Examples of ICD-10-CM codes for intraoperative and postprocedural complications
ICD-10-CM CodeDescription
D78.01Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure on the spleen
D78.21Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen