| Full description | Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure |
| Billable | No — use a more specific child code |
| Chapter | Chapter 3: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89) |
| Section | Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen (D78) |
| Parent code | D78 — Intraop and postprocedural complications of the spleen |