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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 999.1
Air embolism as a complication of medical care not elsewhere classified
- Short description: AIR EMBOL COMP MED CARE.
- ICD-9-CM 999.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 999.1.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 999.1: 2009 2010 2011 2012.
999.1 Excludes 

Applies To
- Air embolism to any site following infusion, perfusion, or transfusion
Convert 999.1 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 999.1 converts approximately to:
- 2012 ICD-10-CM T80.0XXA Air embolism following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 999.1:
- Air
- Complications
transfusion (blood) (lymphocytes) (plasma) NEC 999.8

acute lung injury (TRALI) 518.7

atrophy, liver, yellow, subacute (within 8 months of administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
bone marrow 996.85

embolism

air 999.1

thrombus 999.2

hemolysis NEC 999.8


bone marrow 996.85

hepatitis (serum) (type B) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
incompatibility reaction (ABO) (blood group) 999.6


Rh (factor) 999.7

infection 999.39

jaundice (serum) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
sepsis 999.39

shock or reaction NEC 999.8


bone marrow 996.85

subacute yellow atrophy of liver (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
thromboembolism 999.2
- Embolism 444.9

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