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*With one exception, this is a wastebasket category for bleeding when there isn't a code for the specific type/site of bleeding.
*With one exception, this is a wastebasket category for bleeding when there isn't a code for the specific type/site of bleeding.
*The exception is that there is no single code for Retroperitoneal hemorrhage -- to make that you must combine this code with ''[[Retroperitoneal area, diagnostic imaging, abnormal]]''
*The exception is that there is no single code for Retroperitoneal hemorrhage -- to make that you must combine this code with ''[[Retroperitoneal area, diagnostic imaging, abnormal]]''
*Also don't confuse this code, which is for actual bleeding, with the code ''[[Hemorrhagic condition, NOS]]''', which is a code for a condition in which there is a TENDENCY to bleed.


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==