Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified - T80-T88

 Use Additional

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

 Type 2 Excludes

  • any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
  • artificial opening status (Z93.-)
  • closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
  • fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
  • burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
  • complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
  • poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
  • postprocedural fever (R50.82)
  • specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
  • cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
  • colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
  • disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
  • functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
  • intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
  • ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
  • postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
  • postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
  • postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
  • postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
  • ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)

 Codes

  • T80 - Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection
  • T81 - Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
  • T82 - Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T83 - Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T84 - Complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T85 - Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T86 - Complications of transplanted organs and tissue
  • T87 - Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation
  • T88 - Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified