T88.4

T88.4: Failed or difficult intubation

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T88.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for failed or difficult intubation. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T88

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T88.4

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

Written on T88: Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

complication following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-)
complication following procedure NEC (T81.-)
complications of anesthesia in labor and delivery (O74.-)
complications of anesthesia in pregnancy (O29.-)
complications of anesthesia in puerperium (O89.-)
complications of devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
complications of obstetric surgery and procedure (O75.4)
dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
specified complications classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Intubation, difficult or failed
Difficult, difficulty›intubation, in anesthesia
Failure, failed›intubation during anesthesia
Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›difficult or failed intubation
Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›intubation failure

T88.4: Failed or difficult intubation

This code requires a 7th character

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T88.4

Risk adjustment

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Code history

Code to one of these instead T88.4

Other codes under T88