Alphabetic Index FY2027

G97.6

Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure

FY2027Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system/G89–G99 Other disorders of the nervous system

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

G97.6 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure 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 G97.61 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure, G97.62 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure, G97.63 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure and G97.64 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure 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.

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.

Inherited from G97 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
  • intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-)
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • 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 G97.6 4