2021 ICD-10-CM Code M96.842 - Postprocedural seroma of a musculoskeletal structure following a musculoskeletal system procedure

Valid for Submission

M96.842 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of postprocedural seroma of a musculoskeletal structure following a musculoskeletal system procedure. The code M96.842 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

Code Classification

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified (M96)
  - Intraop and postproc comp and disorders of ms sys, NEC (M96)

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code M96.842 are found in the index:

- Complication (s) (from) (of)
- - postprocedural - See Also: Complications, surgical procedure;
  - - seroma (of)
    - - musculoskeletal structure
      - - following musculoskeletal surgery - M96.842
      - - following orthopedic surgery - M96.842

Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

The ICD-10 code M96.842 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

919 - COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 1.8344
920 - COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITH CC - Relative Weight: 1.0273
921 - COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC - Relative Weight: 0.6914

Replacement Code

M96842 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):

M96.830 - Postproc hemor of a ms structure fol a ms sys procedure
M96.830 - Postproc hemor/hemtom of a ms structure fol a ms sys proc

Convert M96.842 to ICD-9 Code

The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code M96.842 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

998.13 - Seroma complicting proc (Approximate Flag)

Code History

FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018

ICD-10:	M96.842
Short Description:	Postproc seroma of a ms structure fol a ms sys procedure
Long Description:	Postprocedural seroma of a musculoskeletal structure following a musculoskeletal system procedure