G97.81

G97.81: Other intraoperative complications of nervous system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G97.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative complications of nervous system. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check G97.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G97.81

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

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

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

G97.81 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57361Billing and Coding: Monitored Anesthesia Care

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hypoxia›cerebral, during a procedure NEC
Anoxia›cerebral›during a procedure
Complication›intraoperative›specified NEC›nervous system

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.