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K91.872

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

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A collection of clear fluid that forms after surgery on the digestive system as a complication of that same digestive procedure.

Coding Tips

  • •Seroma differs from hematoma in that it contains serous fluid rather than blood; confirm the fluid type from operative notes
  • •This code is specific to digestive system procedures; use K91.873 if the original procedure was non-digestive

Code Hierarchy

└K91Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified└K91.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system└K91.87Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure└K91.872Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
└K91.872Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure

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