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999.9 COMPLIC MED CARE NEC/NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 999.9

Short Description: Complic med care NEC/NOS

Long Description: Other and unspecified complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (996-999)
      • 999 Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified
        • 999.9 Complic med care NEC/NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Accidental hemorrhage during medical care
  • Acute disorder of hemodialysis
  • Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated
  • Adverse anesthesia outcome
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to acupuncture
  • Adverse event following complementary therapy
  • Air embolism as a complication of medical care
  • Air in infusion or transfusion due to mechanical failure of apparatus
  • Airway device cuff herniation
  • Airway device cuff overinflated
  • Airway device cuff problem
  • Airway device cuff underinflated
  • Anaphylactoid reaction to dialysis
  • Application AND/OR injection site disorder
  • Application site disorder
  • Application site irritation
  • Application site reaction
  • Blocked central line
  • Bloodstained peritoneal dialysis effluent
  • Breakage of prosthesis
  • Complication
  • Complication affecting body system
  • Complication due to immunization
  • Complication due to vaccination
  • Complication of chemotherapy
  • Complication of dialysis
  • Complication of electroshock therapy
  • Complication of extracorporeal circulation
  • Complication of hemodialysis
  • Complication of immunization
  • Complication of infusion
  • Complication of inhalation therapy
  • Complication of injection
  • Complication of medical care
  • Complication of peritoneal dialysis
  • Complication of preventive medicine procedure
  • Complication of previous biliary non-surgical procedure
  • Complication of respiratory therapy procedure
  • Complication of smallpox vaccination
  • Complication of ultrasound therapy
  • Complication of vaccination
  • Complication of ventilation therapy
  • Dialysis-associated ascites
  • Dialysis-associated hypoxia
  • Drug implant site reaction
  • Drug implant site rejection
  • Early complication
  • Effects of immunosuppressant therapy
  • Effects of immunotherapy
  • Electroshock therapy as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure
  • Endobronchial tube incorrectly positioned
  • Endobronchial tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
  • Error during use of equipment
  • Excessive amount of blood / fluid infusion
  • Excessive amount of blood / fluid transfusion
  • Extravasation of intravenous contrast medium
  • Failure in dosage
  • Gastrointestinal complications of care
  • Healthcare associated adenoviral disease
  • Hepatic failure as a complication of care
  • Hepatorenal syndrome as a complication of care
  • High airway pressure
  • Iatrogenic angle-closure glaucoma
  • Iatrogenic coronary artery fistula
  • Iatrogenic glaucoma
  • Iatrogenic hyperphosphatemia
  • Iatrogenic retinal tear
  • Iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis
  • Implant site reaction
  • Inability to ventilate patients lungs mechanically
  • Inadequate hemodialysis
  • Inadequate peritoneal dialysis
  • Inadequate premedication
  • Inadequate preoperative assessment
  • Inadequate preoperative fluid replacement
  • Inadvertent tracheal extubation
  • Incorrect dilution of fluid during infusion
  • Incorrect operative procedure performed
  • Induration at injection site
  • Injection site cyst
  • Injection site disorder
  • Injection site extravasation
  • Injection site hemorrhage
  • Injection site irritation
  • Injection site malabsorption
  • Injection site necrosis
  • Injection site nerve damage
  • Injection site pain
  • Injection site reaction
  • Injection site thrombosis
  • Local untoward skin test reaction
  • Long-term disorder of dialysis
  • Loss of solute clearance
  • Loss of ultrafiltration
  • Medical accidents to patients during surgical and medical care
  • Megaloblastic anemia due to hemodialysis
  • Mucositis following therapy
  • Omental wrapping around peritoneal dialysis catheter
  • Pain during inflow of dialysate
  • Pain during outflow of dialysate
  • Paraffinoma
  • Patient ventilator dyssynchrony
  • Peritoneal dialysis leakage
  • Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
  • Polyserositis syndrome of dialysis
  • Postcoital oral contraceptive pill failure
  • Post-immunization arthritis
  • Postvaccinal autoimmune reaction
  • Swelling at injection site
  • Systemic untoward skin test reaction
  • Traction injury of spleen
  • Underdialysis
  • Vaccination failure
  • Ventilator-associated lung injury

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 999.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • subcutaneous 701.9
      • due to injection 999.9
  • Complications
    • dialysis (hemodialysis) (peritoneal) (renal) NEC 999.9
      • catheter NEC - see also Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC
        • infection or inflammation 996.62
          • peritoneal 996.68
        • mechanical 996.1
          • peritoneal 996.56
    • during dialysis NEC 999.9
    • electroshock therapy NEC 999.9
    • extracorporeal circulation NEC 999.9
    • hyperalimentation therapy NEC 999.9
    • inhalation therapy NEC 999.9
    • injection (procedure) 999.9
      • drug reaction (see also Reaction, drug) 995.27
      • infection NEC 999.39
      • sepsis NEC 999.39
      • serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) - see Complications, vaccination
      • vaccine (any) - see Complications, vaccination
    • medical care NEC 999.9
      • cardiac NEC 997.1
      • gastrointestinal NEC 997.49
      • nervous system NEC 997.00
      • peripheral vascular NEC 997.2
      • respiratory NEC 997.39
      • urinary NEC 997.5
      • vascular
        • mesenteric artery 997.71
        • other vessels 997.79
        • peripheral vessels 997.2
        • renal artery 997.72
    • perfusion NEC 999.9
    • respiratory 519.9
      • therapy NEC 999.9
    • surgical procedures 998.9
      • dialysis NEC (see also Complications, dialysis) 999.9
    • therapeutic misadventure NEC 999.9
      • surgical treatment 998.9
    • ultrasound therapy NEC 999.9
    • vaccination 999.9
      • anaphylaxis NEC 999.42
      • cellulitis 999.39
      • encephalitis or encephalomyelitis 323.51
      • hepatitis (serum) (type B) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
      • infection (general) (local) NEC 999.39
      • jaundice (serum) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
      • meningitis 997.09 [321.8]
      • myelitis 323.52
      • protein sickness 999.52
      • reaction (allergic) 999.52
        • serum 999.52
      • sepsis 999.39
      • serum intoxication, sickness, rash, or other serum reaction NEC 999.52
      • shock (allergic) (anaphylactic) 999.49
      • subacute yellow atrophy of liver (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
      • vaccinia (generalized) 999.0
        • localized 999.39
    • ventilation therapy NEC 999.9
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • muscle NEC 728.2
      • iatrogenic (from injection) 999.9
  • Misadventure (prophylactic) (therapeutic) (see also Complications) 999.9
    • administration of insulin 962.3
    • infusion - see Complications, infusion
    • local applications (of fomentations, plasters, etc.) 999.9
      • burn or scald - see Burn, by site
    • medical care (early) (late) NEC 999.9
      • adverse effect of drugs or chemicals - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
      • burn or scald - see Burn, by site
    • radiation NEC 990
    • radiotherapy NEC 990
    • surgical procedure (early) (late) - see Complications, surgical procedure
    • transfusion - see Complications, transfusion
    • vaccination or other immunological procedure - see Complications, vaccination
  • Paraffinoma 999.9
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • nerve - see also Disorder, nerve
      • seventh or facial 351.0
        • due to
          • injection NEC 999.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 999.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
999.9 Right Arrow T88.8XXA Oth complications of surgical and medical care, NEC, init
T88.9XXA Complication of surgical and medical care, unsp, init encntr
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
999.0 Generalized vaccinia as a complication of medical care, not elsewhere classified
999.1 Air embolism as a complication of medical care, not elsewhere classified
999.2 Other vascular complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified
999.31 Other and unspecified infection due to central venous catheter
999.32 Bloodstream infection due to central venous catheter
999.33 Local infection due to central venous catheter
999.34 Acute infection following transfusion, infusion, or injection of blood and blood products
999.39 Infection following other infusion, injection, transfusion, or vaccination
999.41 Anaphylactic reaction due to administration of blood and blood products
999.42 Anaphylactic reaction due to vaccination
999.49 Anaphylactic reaction due to other serum
999.51 Other serum reaction due to administration of blood and blood products
999.52 Other serum reaction due to vaccination
999.59 Other serum reaction
999.60 ABO incompatibility reaction, unspecified
999.61 ABO incompatibility with hemolytic transfusion reaction not specified as acute or delayed
999.62 ABO incompatibility with acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.63 ABO incompatibility with delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.69 Other ABO incompatibility reaction
999.70 Rh incompatibility reaction, unspecified
999.71 Rh incompatibility with hemolytic transfusion reaction not specified as acute or delayed
999.72 Rh incompatibility with acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.73 Rh incompatibility with delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.74 Other Rh incompatibility reaction
999.75 Non-ABO incompatibility reaction, unspecified
999.76 Non-ABO incompatibility with hemolytic transfusion reaction not specified as acute or delayed
999.77 Non-ABO incompatibility with acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.78 Non-ABO incompatibility with delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
999.79 Other non-ABO incompatibility reaction
999.80 Transfusion reaction, unspecified
999.81 Extravasation of vesicant chemotherapy
999.82 Extravasation of other vesicant agent
999.83 Hemolytic transfusion reaction, incompatibility unspecified
999.84 Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction, incompatibility unspecified
999.85 Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction, incompatibility unspecified
999.88 Other infusion reaction
999.89 Other transfusion reaction

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

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