T80-T88

Non-Billable
ChapterS00–T88
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Official Description

Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

CH19 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
  • artificial opening status (Z93.-)
  • closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
  • fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
  • burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
  • complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
  • poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
  • postprocedural fever (R50.82)
  • specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
  • cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
  • colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
  • disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
  • functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
  • intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
  • ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
  • postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
  • postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
  • postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
  • postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
  • ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Use Additional Code
  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication
  • code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
T80Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection
T81Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
T82Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T83Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T84Complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T85Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T86Complications of transplanted organs and tissue
T87Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation
T88Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T80-T88:

chapterCH19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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