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T88.9

Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where T88.9 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. T88 Parent Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
  2. T88.9 This code Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes2

complication following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection ( T80 .-)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complication following procedure NEC ( T81 .-)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complications of anesthesia in labor and delivery ( O74 .-)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complications of anesthesia in pregnancy ( O29 .-)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complications of anesthesia in puerperium ( O89 .-)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complications of devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

complications of obstetric surgery and procedure ( O75.4 )

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments ( L23.3 , L24.4 , L25.1 , L27.0-L27.1)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2

specified complications classified elsewhere

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T88

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

More Specific Codes

3 codes under T88.9

Version History

How T88.9 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

Related Codes

Other codes under T88

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

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