Failed moderate sedation during procedure, sequela
Billable / specificPOA exempt
T88.52XS is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from T88)
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- personal history of failed moderate sedation (Z92.83) (from T88.52)
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from T88)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from T88)
- any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as: (from T88)
- artificial opening status (Z93.-) (from T88)
- closure of external stoma (Z43.-) (from T88)
- fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-) (from T88)
- burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32) (from T88)
- complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from T88)
- mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850) (from T88)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6) (from T88)
- postprocedural fever (R50.82) (from T88)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as: (from T88)
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0) (from T88)
- colostomy malfunction (K94.0-) (from T88)
- disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87) (from T88)
- functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1) (from T88)
- 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.-) (from T88)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-) (from T88)
- postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1) (from T88)
- postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1) (from T88)
- postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2) (from T88)
- postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2) (from T88)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851) (from T88)
- complication following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-) (from T88)
- complication following procedure NEC (T81.-) (from T88)
- complications of anesthesia in labor and delivery (O74.-) (from T88)
- complications of anesthesia in pregnancy (O29.-) (from T88)
- complications of anesthesia in puerperium (O89.-) (from T88)
- complications of devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85) (from T88)
- complications of obstetric surgery and procedure (O75.4) (from T88)
- dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1) (from T88)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4) (from T88)
- specified complications classified elsewhere (from T88)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T41.- with fifth or sixth character 5) (from T88.5)
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from T88)
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) (from T88)
- code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication (from T88)
- code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82) (from T88)
7th character
The 7th character values that apply to this code (defined at T88). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Parent code
- T88.52Failed moderate sedation during procedureNeeds 7th char