H95.42 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of ear and mastoid process following other procedure
Is H95.42 billable?
Yes — H95.42 is billable for FY2027. H95.42 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. H95.42 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
H95.42 at a glance
| Code | H95.42 |
|---|---|
| Description | Postprocedural hemorrhage of ear and mastoid process following other procedure |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does H95.42 group to?
H95.42 sits in MDC 21 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 919Complications of Treatment with MCCmedical
- 920Complications of Treatment with CCmedical
- 921Complications of Treatment without CC/MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, H95.42 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is H95.42 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H95.42. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Complication › postprocedural › hemorrhage › ear › following other procedure (s) (from) (of)
- Complication › postprocedural › hemorrhage › mastoid process › following other procedure (s) (from) (of)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 8
The conditions below are not part of H95.42, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H95.42 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
How long has H95.42 existed?
H95.42 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2018Postprocedural hemorrhage and hematoma of ear and mastoid process following other procedurePostprocedural hemorrhage of ear and mastoid process following other procedure
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.