D65 vs O72.3
D65 and O72.3 are not coded together. ICD-10-CM declares them mutually exclusive with an Excludes1 note — the two conditions are not expected to occur together, so exactly one of them is normally correct for a given encounter. The Official Guidelines carve out one exception: if the two conditions are clearly unrelated to each other, both may be reported.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation [defibrination syndrome]
- Chapter 3
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Section
- D65-D69
- Afibrinogenemia, acquired
- Consumption coagulopathy
- COVID-19 associated diffuse or disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
- Diffuse or disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC]
- Fibrinolytic hemorrhage, acquired
- Fibrinolytic purpura
- Purpura fulminans
- Defibrination (syndrome)
- Fibrinolysis (hemorrhagic) (acquired)
- Proteolysis, pathologic
- Afibrinogenemia › acquired
- Coagulation, intravascular › COVID-19 associated
Postpartum coagulation defects
- Chapter 15
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Section
- O60-O77
- Postpartum afibrinogenemia
- Postpartum fibrinolysis
- Afibrinogenemia › puerperal
- Circulating anticoagulants › following childbirth
- Defibrination › postpartum
- Fibrinolysis › postpartum
- Puerperal, puerperium › afibrinogenemia, or other coagulation defect
These two codes sit in different chapters of the Tabular List, which is usually the clearest signal that they describe different underlying processes rather than different degrees of the same one.
Excludes1 is not always absolute: where two conditions covered by the note are genuinely unrelated, CMS guidance permits reporting both. Document the reasoning rather than assuming it. More on Excludes1 vs Excludes2 · FY2027