D68.8 Other specified coagulation defects

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• COVID-19 associated coagulopathy

Excludes1 (never code together)

• hemorrhagic disease of newborn (P53)

Code also

• , if applicable, associated condition

Applies from D68 Other coagulation defects

Excludes1 (never code together)

• abnormal coagulation profile NOS (R79.1)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• coagulation defects complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.1)
• coagulation defects complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O45.0, O46.0, O67.0, O72.3)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 48 — Coagulation Defects and Other Specified Hematological Disorders
• ESRD V24: HCC 48

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 813 in MDC 16.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 286.9 Other and unspecified coagulation defects (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to D68.8

Back-references to D68.8

• Use Additional: U07.1 COVID-19 ("COVID-19 associated coagulopathy (D68.8)")

Back-references to D68

• Type 1 Excludes: R79.1 Abnormal coagulation profile ("coagulation defects (D68.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for D68.8

• Afibrinogenemia
• Defect, defective › coagulation (factor) › with › COVID-19 associated coagulopathy
• Defect, defective › coagulation (factor) › specified type NEC
• Deficiency, deficient › coagulation NOS › specified NEC
• Deficiency, deficient › factor › multiple (congenital)
• Fibrinogenopenia
• Hypofibrinogenemia

Nearby codes

• D68.59 Other primary thrombophilia
• D68.6 Other thrombophilia
• D68.61 Antiphospholipid syndrome
• D68.62 Lupus anticoagulant syndrome
• D68.69 Other thrombophilia
• D68.8 Other specified coagulation defects (this code)
• D68.9 Coagulation defect, unspecified