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FY2027

K91.873 — Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure

BillableCC

Is K91.873 billable?

Yes — K91.873 is billable for FY2027. K91.873 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K91.873 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

K91.873 at a glance

CodeK91.873
DescriptionPostprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does K91.873 group to?

K91.873 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, K91.873 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is K91.873 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K91.873. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Complication › postprocedural › seroma › digestive system › following procedure on other organ (s) (from) (of)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11

The conditions below are not part of K91.873, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K91.873 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)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K91

The conditions below are not part of K91.873, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K91.873 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • complications of artificial opening of digestive system (K94.-)
  • complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)
  • gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
  • postprocedural (radiation) retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)
  • radiation colitis (K52.0)
  • radiation gastroenteritis (K52.0)
  • radiation proctitis (K62.7)

How long has K91.873 existed?

K91.873 first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the K91.87 family? (3)