N99.820

N99.820

Billable

Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a genitourinary system procedure

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

What This Code Means

Excessive bleeding from a urinary or reproductive organ after a procedure performed on that same system.

Coding Tips

•This code requires documentation of bleeding occurring after a GU procedure; distinguish from intraoperative bleeding
•Document whether the bleeding required intervention (transfusion, return to OR, etc.)

Code Hierarchy

└N99Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified └N99.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system └N99.82Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a procedure └N99.820Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a genitourinary system procedure

└N99.820Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a genitourinary system procedure