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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.-)
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
Versions
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
Code changed
Use additional code
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complicationcode to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
2016
New code