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I97.120

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Postprocedural cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

The heart stops beating after cardiac surgery, requiring immediate intervention.

Coding Tips

  • •This is a serious complication code that should be documented with the specific cardiac procedure performed
  • •Distinguish from I97.121 which applies to cardiac arrest following non-cardiac surgery

Code Hierarchy

└I97Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified└I97.1Other postprocedural cardiac functional disturbances└I97.12Postprocedural cardiac arrest└I97.120Postprocedural cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery
└I97.120Postprocedural cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery

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