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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 997.3

Respiratory complications not elsewhere classified

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 997.3 can be accessed here.

  • 997.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 997.3 contains 10 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 997.* hierarchy

997.3 also known as:

  • Mendelson's syndrome resulting from a procedure
  • Pneumonia (aspiration) resulting from a procedure

997.3 excludes:

  • iatrogenic [postoperative] pneumothorax (512.1)
  • iatrogenic pulmonary embolism (415.11)
  • Mendelson's syndrome in labor and delivery (668.0)
  • specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
    • adult respiratory distress syndrome (518.5)
    • pulmonary edema, postoperative (518.4)
    • respiratory insufficiency, acute, postoperative (518.5)
    • shock lung (518.5)
    • tracheostomy complications (519.00-519.09)
  • transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) (518.7)


Index entries containing 997.3:

Aspiration
  • acid pulmonary (syndrome) 997.3
Complications
  • medical care NEC 999.9
    • respiratory NEC 997.3
  • respiratory 519.9
    • postoperative NEC 997.3
  • surgical procedures 998.9
    • respiratory NEC 997.3
Mendelson's syndrome (resulting from a procedure) 997.3Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
  • postoperative 997.3
  • resulting from a procedure 997.3
Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
  • postoperative 997.3
Syndrome - see also Disease
  • acid pulmonary aspiration 997.3
    • obstetric (Mendelson's) 668.0
  • Mendelson's (resulting from a procedure) 997.3