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I97.121

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Postprocedural cardiac arrest following other 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 non-cardiac surgery, requiring immediate intervention.

Coding Tips

  • •Document the type of non-cardiac surgery that preceded the cardiac arrest
  • •This code indicates the arrest is a direct complication of the surgical procedure

Code Hierarchy

└I97Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified└I97.1Other postprocedural cardiac functional disturbances└I97.12Postprocedural cardiac arrest└I97.121Postprocedural cardiac arrest following other surgery
└I97.121Postprocedural cardiac arrest following other surgery

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