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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 999.1
Air embolism as a complication of medical care, not elsewhere classified
- ICD-9-CM 999.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
999.1 Alternative Terminology
- Air embolism complicating injection
- Air embolism complicating intravenous therapy
- Thromboembolism after infusion
- Transfusion reaction due to air embolism
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:
- 2013 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) 999.80
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
- febrile nonhemolytic reaction (FNHTR) 780.66
- hemolysis NEC 999.89
- bone marrow 996.85
- hemolytic reaction, incompatibility unspecified 999.83
- hepatitis (serum) (type B) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
- incompatibility reaction
- infection 999.39
- acute 999.34
- jaundice (serum) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
- sepsis 999.39
- specified reaction NEC 999.89
- shock or reaction NEC 999.89
- 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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