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J95.84

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Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)

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

What This Code Means

A serious lung injury that develops during or shortly after a blood transfusion, causing difficulty breathing and low oxygen levels.

Coding Tips

  • •TRALI is a diagnosis of exclusion; document temporal relationship between transfusion and symptom onset (typically within 6 hours)
  • •Requires documentation of transfusion administration and acute respiratory distress without other clear etiology

Code Hierarchy

└J95Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified└J95.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified└J95.84Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
└J95.84Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)

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