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Postprocedural complications in the body system chapters
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.19.g.5
“Intraoperative and postprocedural complication codes are found within the body system chapters with codes specific to the organs and structures of that body system.”
“unless the complication is specifically indexed to a T code in chapter 19.”
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