Diagnosis Code

D78.21 POSTPROCEDURAL HEMORRHAGE OF THE SPLEEN FOL PROC ON SPLEEN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: D78.21

Short Description: Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen fol proc on spleen

Long Description: Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure on the spleen

The code D78.21 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
    • Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78)
      • Intraop and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78)
        • D78.21 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen fol proc on spleen

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code D78.21 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Complications Of Treatment With Mcc (919)
  • Complications Of Treatment With Cc (920)
  • Complications Of Treatment Without Cc/mcc (921)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
D78.21 Right Arrow 998.11 Hemorrhage complic proc

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
D78 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
D78.0 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure
D78.01 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure on the spleen
D78.02 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating other procedure
D78.1 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure
D78.11 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure on the spleen
D78.12 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during other procedure
D78.2 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure
D78.22 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following other procedure
D78.3 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure
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
D78.34 Postprocedural seroma of the spleen following other procedure
D78.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
D78.81 Other intraoperative complications of the spleen
D78.89 Other postprocedural complications of the spleen


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023