T88.59
T88.59: Other complications of anesthesia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T88.59 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other complications of anesthesia. 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 T88.59
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
- Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic
- Effect, adverse›anesthesia
- Headache›spinal and epidural anesthesia - induced
- Reaction›toxic, to local anesthesia
- Effect, adverse›anesthesia›specified NEC
- Effect, adverse›anesthesia›spinal and epidural
- Inhalation›stomach contents or secretions›due to anesthesia or other sedation(general) (local)
- Anoxia›cerebral›complicating›anesthesia or other sedation(general) (local)
- Effect, adverse›anesthesia›spinal and epidural›headache
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T88.59
3 child codes. Green means billable.