AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Postsurgical Hematoma of Gallbladder Fossa

A patient status post laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic biliary disease, was readmitted due to abdominal distention with nausea and vomiting. A computerized tomography scan of the abdomen demonstrated a large hematoma of the gallbladder fossa. Surgical exploration revealed no active bleeding and the liver bed was hemostatic. A large hematoma was found within the gallbladder fossa, and the space between the liver and duodenum, along with old blood in the abdomen. Evacuation of hematoma and old blood was performed. The postoperative diagnosis listed, “Postoperative accumulation of intra-abdominal hematoma with hemoperitoneum.” What are the correct code assignments to capture these conditions? ...

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