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T88.53

T88.53: Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T88.53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure. 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: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • personal history of unintended awareness under general anesthesia (Z92.84)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T88.53

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

  • Anesthesia, anesthetic›complication or reaction NEC›unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure
  • Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›general, unintended awareness during procedure
  • Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T88.53

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T88.5

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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