K91.8
Header — not billableOther intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
The ICD-10 code for other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system is K91.8.
K91.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under K91.8
- K91.81Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
- K91.82Postprocedural hepatic failure
- K91.83Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome
- K91.84Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedurenon-billable header
- K91.85Complications of intestinal pouchnon-billable header
- K91.86Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
- K91.87Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedurenon-billable header
- K91.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
Related codes in this category
- K91.0Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
- K91.1Postgastric surgery syndromes
- K91.2Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
- K91.3Postprocedural intestinal obstructionnon-billable header
- K91.5Postcholecystectomy syndrome
- K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedurenon-billable header
- K91.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedurenon-billable header
- K91.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive systemnon-billable header