K91.872

Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure

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)
- postprocedural — see also Complications, surgical procedure
  - seroma (of)
    - digestive system
      - following procedure on digestive system K91.872

Alongside this code 3 same parent — K91.87

K91.870 Postproc hematoma of a dgstv sys org fol a dgstv sys proc K91.871 Postproc hematoma of a dgstv sys org fol other procedure K91.873 Postproc seroma of a dgstv sys org following other procedure

Medications 4

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.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: K91.87
Block: K90-K95
Siblings: 3

Present FY2024–FY2027.