J95.6
Header — not billableIntraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure
The ICD-10 code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure is J95.6.
J95.6 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 a respiratory system organ or structure due to accidental puncture and laceration during procedure (J95.7-)
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
- J95.0Tracheostomy complicationsnon-billable header
- J95.1Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
- J95.2Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
- J95.3Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
- J95.4Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
- J95.5Postprocedural subglottic stenosis
- J95.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedurenon-billable header
- J95.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- J95.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedurenon-billable header