D78.3
Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure
D78.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure. 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 D78.31 Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen, D78.32 Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following other procedure, D78.33 Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen and D78.34 Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following other procedure. 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.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (9 notes)
- 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 D78.3 4
- D78.31Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleenBillable
- D78.32Postprocedural hematoma of the spleen following other procedureBillable
- D78.33Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following a procedure on the spleenBillable
- D78.34Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following other procedureBillable