Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
Non-billable header
G97.6 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G97)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G97)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G97)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G97)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G97)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G97)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G97)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G97)
- intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-) (from G97)
Parent code
- G97Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
More specific codes G97.6
- G97.61Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedureBillable
- G97.62Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedureBillable
- G97.63Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedureBillable
- G97.64Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedureBillable
Related codes
- G97.0Cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal punctureBillable
- G97.1Other reaction to spinal and lumbar punctureBillable
- G97.2Intracranial hypotension following ventricular shuntingBillable
- G97.3Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedureHeader
- G97.4Accidental puncture and laceration of a nervous system organ or structure during a procedureHeader
- G97.5Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedureHeader
- G97.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous systemHeader