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G97

G97: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G97 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-)

Other codes that can never be billed with G97

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • G96.0Cerebrospinal fluid leak
  • G96.11Dural tear
  • G97.3Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure complicating a procedure

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead G97

8 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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