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I97.791

I97.791: Other intraoperative cardiac functional disturbances during other surgery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

I97.791 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative cardiac functional disturbances during other surgery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above I97.791

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

Written on I97.7: Intraoperative cardiac functional disturbances

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

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

I97.791 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53986Billing and Coding: Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
  • A53988Billing and Coding: Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
  • A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
  • A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Complication›intraoperative›cardiac functional disturbance NEC›during other surgery
  • Infarct, infarction›myocardium, myocardial›intraoperative›during other surgery

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under I97.79

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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