G97.82

G97.82: Other postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G97.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G97.82

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

G97.82 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Pseudomeningocele›postprocedural(spinal)
Syndrome›hyperperfusion
Anoxia›cerebral›resulting from a procedure
Complication›nervous system›postprocedural
Hypoxia›cerebral, during a procedure NEC›postprocedural NEC
Complication›nervous system›postprocedural›specified NEC
Complication›postprocedural›specified NEC›nervous system
Damage›brain›anoxic, hypoxic›resulting from a procedure

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.