Alphabetic Index FY2027

I97.64

Postprocedural seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following a circulatory system procedure

FY2027Chapter 9: Diseases of the circulatory system/I95–I99 Other and unspecified disorders of the circulatory system

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

I97.64 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for postprocedural seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following a circulatory system 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 I97.640 Postprocedural seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following a cardiac catheterization, I97.641 Postprocedural seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following cardiac bypass and I97.648 Postprocedural seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following other circulatory system procedure. Its coding notes include 12 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 I97.6 Postprocedural hemorrhage, hematoma and seroma of a circulatory system organ or structure following a procedure
  • postprocedural cerebrovascular hemorrhage complicating a procedure (G97.5-)
Inherited from I97 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory 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)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)

More specific codes under I97.64 3