D68.9
Coagulation defect, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 12 never code together
D68code
D50-D89chapter
Excludes2
- autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)M35.9
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)P00-P96
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)B20
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes
No further instructional notes apply.
Index entries leading here 5
Alongside this code 8 same parent — D68
D68.0 Von Willebrand disease category D68.1 Hereditary factor XI deficiency D68.2 Hereditary deficiency of other clotting factors D68.3 Hemorrhagic disorder due to circulating anticoagulants category D68.4 Acquired coagulation factor deficiency D68.5 Primary thrombophilia category D68.6 Other thrombophilia category D68.8 Other specified coagulation defects
Additional references
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