I97.121

I97.121: Postprocedural cardiac arrest following other surgery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I97.121 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural cardiac arrest following other surgery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I97.121

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

Written on I97.1: Other postprocedural cardiac functional disturbances

acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery (J95.1)
intraoperative cardiac functional disturbances (I97.7-)

Written on I97: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified

postprocedural shock (T81.1-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

I97.121 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Complication›postprocedural›cardiac arrest›following other surgery

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I97.12

I97.120Postprocedural cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery