T88

ICD-10Non-billable category

Oth complications of surgical and medical care, NEC

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

T88 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • 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

7th character

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T88

Permitted 7th characters

Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

More specific codes under T88

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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