Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified - T88
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- complication following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-)
- complication following procedure NEC (T81.-)
- complications of anesthesia in labor and delivery (O74.-)
- complications of anesthesia in pregnancy (O29.-)
- complications of anesthesia in puerperium (O89.-)
- complications of devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
- complications of obstetric surgery and procedure (O75.4)
- dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
- specified complications classified elsewhere
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T88
These ranges represents subcategories of Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified. The "T88" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- T88.0 - Infection following immunization
- T88.1 - Other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified
- T88.2 - Shock due to anesthesia
- T88.3 - Malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia
- T88.4 - Failed or difficult intubation
- T88.5 - Other complications of anesthesia
- T88.51 - Hypothermia following anesthesia
- T88.52 - Failed moderate sedation during procedure
- T88.53 - Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure
- T88.59 - Other complications of anesthesia
- T88.6 - Anaphylactic reaction due to adverse effect of correct drug or medicament properly administered
- T88.7 - Unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament
- T88.8 - Other specified complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
- T88.9 - Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified