D78.2Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure

D78.2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure. It belongs to category D78 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen), block D78 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen) and chapter 3 (diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within D78 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen), D78.2 is specifically for postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure. Related codes cover intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure (D78.0), accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure (D78.1), postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure (D78.3) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: D78.21 (on the spleen) and D78.22 (procedure).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2017 (title revised).