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997.32 POSTPROC ASPIRATION PNEU


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 997.32

Short Description: Postproc aspiration pneu

Long Description: Postprocedural aspiration pneumonia

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (996-999)
      • 997 Complications affecting specified body systems, not elsewhere classified
        • 997.32 Postproc aspiration pneu

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 997.32 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Mendelson's syndrome (resulting from a procedure) 997.32
    • obstetric 668.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • postoperative 997.39
      • aspiration 997.32
    • resulting from a procedure 997.39
      • aspiration 997.32
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • chemical 506.0
      • resulting from a procedure 997.32
    • postoperative 997.39
      • aspiration 997.32
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Mendelson's (resulting from a procedure) 997.32
      • during labor 668.0
      • obstetric 668.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 997.32 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
997.32 Right Arrow J95.89 Oth postproc complications and disorders of resp sys, NEC
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
997.00 Nervous system complication, unspecified
997.01 Central nervous system complication
997.02 Iatrogenic cerebrovascular infarction or hemorrhage
997.09 Other nervous system complications
997.1 Cardiac complications, not elsewhere classified
997.2 Peripheral vascular complications, not elsewhere classified
997.31 Ventilator associated pneumonia
997.39 Other respiratory complications
997.41 Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
997.49 Other digestive system complications
997.5 Urinary complications, not elsewhere classified
997.60 Unspecified complication of amputation stump
997.61 Neuroma of amputation stump
997.62 Infection (chronic) of amputation stump
997.69 Other amputation stump complication
997.71 Vascular complications of mesenteric artery
997.72 Vascular complications of renal artery
997.79 Vascular complications of other vessels
997.91 Complications affecting other specified body systems, not elsewhere classified, hypertension
997.99 Complications affecting other specified body systems, not elsewhere classified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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