D78.0
Header — not billableIntraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure
The ICD-10 code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure is D78.0.
D78.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (D78.1-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- D78.1Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedurenon-billable header
- D78.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedurenon-billable header
- D78.3Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedurenon-billable header
- D78.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleennon-billable header
- D78.0Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedurenon-billable header