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J95.87

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Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)

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

What This Code Means

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing that develops during or shortly after a blood transfusion.

Coding Tips

  • •Document the temporal relationship between transfusion and dyspnea onset
  • •Differentiate from TRALI (J95.84) which involves more severe acute lung injury; TAD is milder dyspnea

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) (E87.71)
  • transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) (J95.84)

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└J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
└J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)

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