K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure

K91.6 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure. It belongs to category K91 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified), block K90-K95 (other diseases of the digestive system) and chapter 11 (diseases of the digestive system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within K91 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified), K91.6 is specifically for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure. Related codes cover vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.0), Postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1), postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified (K91.2), postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3), Postcholecystectomy syndrome (K91.5), accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure (K91.7) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system (K91.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: K91.61 (procedure) and K91.62 (procedure).

Don't report K91.6 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure due to accidental puncture and laceration during a procedure (K91.7-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.