T79.2
Traumatic secondary and recurrent hemorrhage and seroma
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
T79code
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 3
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 9 same parent — T79
T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic) category T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic) category T79.4 Traumatic shock category T79.5 Traumatic anuria category T79.6 Traumatic ischemia of muscle category T79.7 Traumatic subcutaneous emphysema category T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome category T79.8 Other early complications of trauma category T79.9 Unspecified early complication of trauma category
Additional references
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