2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

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

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

T88 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified.

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)

  • Specified complications classified elsewhere

Seventh character note

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

Seventh character extensions

  • A: initial encounter

  • D: subsequent encounter

  • S: sequela

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    Code changed

    • 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
        • 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)
        • specified complications classified elsewhere
  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code