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T88.53 ICD-10-CM Code: Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T88.53). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T88.53 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T41.- with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • Use additional code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication
  • Use additional code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Anesthesia, anesthetic, complication or reaction NEC, unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), anesthesia, anesthetic, general, unintended awareness during procedure
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), anesthesia, anesthetic, unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on T88.53 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure
    FY2017 changes

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name T88.53 or its code family.

1 Excludes2 notes: Z92.84.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of T88.53 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 — Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) (S00-T88) [Hierarchy]

Excludes2

  • Z92.84 — Personal history of unintended awareness under general anesthesia [Excludes2]: “personal history of unintended awareness under general anesthesia (Z92.84)” · check together

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • Z92.84 — Personal history of unintended awareness under general anesthesia [Excludes2]: “unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure (T88.53)” · check together

Index entries

  • Anesthesia, anesthetic, complication or reaction NEC, unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure[Index term]
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), anesthesia, anesthetic, general, unintended awareness during procedure[Index term]
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), anesthesia, anesthetic, unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure[Index term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified [Sibling]
  • T88.2XXA — Shock due to anesthesia, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T88.2XXD — Shock due to anesthesia, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T88.2XXS — Shock due to anesthesia, sequela [Sibling]
  • T88.3 — Malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia [Sibling]
  • T88.3XXA — Malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T88.3XXD — Malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T88.3XXS — Malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can T88.53 be billed directly?

No. T88.53 (Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does T88.53 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T88.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to T88.53 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • T88.51XS — Hypothermia following anesthesia, sequela
  • T88.52 — Failed moderate sedation during procedure
  • T88.52XA — Failed moderate sedation during procedure, initial encounter
  • T88.52XD — Failed moderate sedation during procedure, subsequent encounter
  • T88.52XS — Failed moderate sedation during procedure, sequela
  • T88.53XA — Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure, initial encounter
  • T88.53XD — Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure, subsequent encounter
  • T88.53XS — Unintended awareness under general anesthesia during procedure, sequela
  • T88.59 — Other complications of anesthesia
  • T88.59XA — Other complications of anesthesia, initial encounter

View all codes in the T88 family