Alphabetic Index FY2027

D78

Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen

FY2027Chapter 3: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism/D78 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

D78 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are D78.0 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure, D78.1 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure, D78.2 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure, D78.3 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure and 1 more. Its coding notes include 9 Excludes2 entries.

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

Intraoperative and postprocedural complications are coded from the body system chapters unless the complication is specifically indexed to a T code.

Guidelines I.C.19.g.5Postprocedural complications in the body system chaptersRead the official text

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (9 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 3 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
  • autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

More specific codes under D78 5