AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1994 Fourth Quarter

Post-operative Complication Codes

The "other specified" code in many of the complication categories are so broad and ill-defined that they do not enhance data collection or properly classify cases. An example of this is code 998.8, Other specified complication of procedures, not elsewhere classified. The use of this code gives no true indication of the patient's condition. Expansion of these types of categories will now allow for more specificity in coding and result in fewer records with "other" diagnoses. Correction/Clarification Notice: In accordance with Coding Clinic, First Quarter, 1995, emphysema resulting from a procedure is coded to 998.81 and lens...

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