K91.81
Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
K91code
Excludes2
- complications of artificial opening of digestive system (K94.-)K94.-
- complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)K95.-
- gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)K28.-
- postprocedural (radiation) retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)K68.11
- radiation colitis (K52.0)K52.0
- radiation gastroenteritis (K52.0)K52.0
- radiation proctitis (K62.7)K62.7
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- 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
- 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
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 1
- Complication (s) (from) (of)
- intraoperative (intraprocedural)
- specified NEC
- digestive system K91.81
- specified NEC
- intraoperative (intraprocedural)
Alongside this code 7 same parent — K91.8
K91.82 Postprocedural hepatic failure K91.83 Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome K91.84 Postproc hemorrhage of a dgstv sys org following a procedure category K91.85 Complications of intestinal pouch category K91.86 Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy K91.87 Postproc hematoma and seroma of a dgstv sys org fol a proc category K91.89 Oth postprocedural complications and disorders of dgstv sys
Medications 5
21 Intraoperative Complications drugs 1266 Digestive System Diseases drugs 147 Digestive System Neoplasms drugs 5 Digestive System Abnormalities drugs 2 Digestive System Fistula drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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