2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97.81

Other intraoperative complications of nervous system

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  • G97.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G97.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G97.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 G97.81 may differ.
The following code(s) above G97.81 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to G97.81:
  • G00-G99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99

    Diseases of the nervous system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • 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)
    Diseases of the nervous system
  • G97
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97

    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

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    Type 2 Excludes
    • intraoperative and postprocedural cerebrovascular infarction (I97.81-, I97.82-)
    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
  • G97.8
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G97.8

    Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system

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    Use Additional
    • code to further specify disorder
    Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
Approximate Synonyms
  • Intraoperative cns (central nervous system) complication
  • Intraoperative complication of central nervous system
ICD-10-CM G97.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 091 Other disorders of nervous system with mcc
  • 092 Other disorders of nervous system with cc
  • 093 Other disorders of nervous system without cc/mcc
  • 791 Prematurity with major problems
  • 793 Full term neonate with major problems

Convert G97.81 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G97.81:
  • Anoxia (pathological) R09.02
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R09.02

    Hypoxemia

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    • cerebral G93.1
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.1

      Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified

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      Type 1 Excludes
      • cerebral anoxia due to anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.3)
      • cerebral anoxia due to anesthesia during the puerperium (O89.2)
      • neonatal anoxia (P84)
      • during a procedure G97.81
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)
  • Hypoxia R09.02
    - see also Anoxia
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R09.02

    Hypoxemia

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ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G97.81
G97.49 Accidental puncture and laceration of other nervous system organ or structure during other procedure
G97.5 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
G97.51 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.52 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
G97.6 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a procedure
G97.61 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.62 Postprocedural hematoma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
G97.63 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following a nervous system procedure
G97.64 Postprocedural seroma of a nervous system organ or structure following other procedure
G97.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
G97.81 Other intraoperative complications of nervous system
G97.82 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of nervous system
G97.83 Intracranial hypotension following lumbar cerebrospinal fluid shunting
G97.84 Intracranial hypotension following other procedure
G98 Other disorders of nervous system not elsewhere classified
G98.0 Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified
G98.8 Other disorders of nervous system
G99 Other disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
G99.0 Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G99.2 Myelopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
G99.8 Other specified disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.