I97.12
Postprocedural cardiac arrest
I97.12 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for postprocedural cardiac arrest. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are I97.120 Postprocedural cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery and I97.121 Postprocedural cardiac arrest following other surgery. Its coding notes include 13 Excludes2 entries.
Guidelines tip
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications are coded from the body system chapters unless the complication is specifically indexed to a T code.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- postprocedural shock (T81.1-)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry