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998.89 - Other Specified Complications Of Procedures Not Elsewhere Classified


The ICD 9 Code for Other specified complications of procedures not elsewhere classified is listed as 998.89.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 998.89
Long Description: Other specified complications of procedures not elsewhere classified
Short Description: Oth spcf cmplc procd NEC
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999)
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Arteriovenous fistula hemorrhage
Arteriovenous fistula occlusion
Arteriovenous fistula rupture
Arteriovenous fistula stenosis
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Cholesteatoma pearl
Complication of anesthesia
Complication of laser surgery
Complication of refractive keratoplasty by laser surgery
Complication of transplanted embryo manifest in host
Complications of attempted introduction of embryo in embryo transfer
Complications of attempted introduction of fertilized ovum following in vitro fertilization
Corneal ectasia due to laser in situ keratomileusis
Corneal flap macrostriae
Decentered corneal stromal ablation
Dental prosthesis infection
Dry eye after laser in situ keratomileusis
Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure (event)
Epithelial downgrowth
Extensive postoperative wound cellulitis
Failed or difficult intubation
Failure of sterile precautions during abdominal paracentesis (event)
Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization (event)
Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion (event)
Failure of sterile precautions during lumbar puncture (event)
Failure of sterile precautions during vaccination (event)
Female sterilization failure
Herpes simplex infection of cornea after ophthalmic surgery
High output stoma
Impaired wound healing
Injury to viscus during surgery
Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome
Ischemia of stoma
Laser-induced burn
Laser-induced hypopigmentation
Leakage of radio-opaque material
Ligature failure during surgical operation (event)
Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during abdominal paracentesis (event)
Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture and catheterization (event)
Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during heart catheterization (event)
Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during infusion (event)
Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during transfusion (event)
Metabolic complication of procedures
Neoplastic complication of procedure
Peripheral nerve disorder associated with repair of hernia
Peristomal skin complication
Poor siting of stoma
Post-splenectomy leukocytosis
Post-splenectomy thrombocytosis
Post-surgical epistaxis
Postoperative cellulitis of surgical wound
Postoperative complication of wiring of sternum
Postoperative esophagitis
Postoperative profound sensorineural hearing loss
Postoperative rupture of the diaphragm
Postoperative supratip depression of nose
Postoperative wound cellulitis
Problem with surgical scar
Shock therapy as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure
Skin reaction to suture material
Strabismus following cataract surgery
Strabismus following ocular surgery
Subluxation of corneal flap
Surgical ciliated cyst
Suture line inflamed
Vasectomy failure
Visual system complication of procedure
Wound discharge of eye
Wound myiasis
Wound tenderness
Wrong fluid infused (event)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T81.89XA - Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 998.89:
998.81 - Emphysema (subcutaneous) (surgical) resulting from procedure
998.82 - Cataract fragments in eye following cataract surgery
998.83 - Non-healing surgical wound