996-999 Alberta AHCIP block: Complications of surgical and medical care not elswhere classified
996-999 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 42 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
996-999Complications of surgical and medical care not elswhere classified (996-999)
Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta
Codes in 996-999
996-999 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Notes for 996-999
As Alberta Health prints them, with any note 996-999 takes from the headings above it.
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Adverse effects of medicinal agents (001-779, 995.-)Burns from local applications and irradiation (940-949)Complications of:conditions for which the procedure was performedsurgical procedures during abortion, labour and delivery (630-676)Poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (960-989)Specified complications classified elsewhere:anaesthetic shock (995.4)blind-loop syndrome (579.2)colostomy malfunction (569.6)electrolyte imbalance (276.-)functional cardiac disturbances due to cardiac surgery (429.4)postgastric surgery syndromes (564.2)postlaminectomy syndrome (722.8)postmastectomy lymphoedema syndrome (457.0)postoperative psychosis (293.-)any other condition classified elsewhere in the Alphabetical Index when described as due to a procedure
Where 996-999 sits
- 1ChapterXVII. Injury and poisoning
- 2Block 996-999Complications of surgical and medical care not elswhere classified
Source and release
- Data release
- Alberta AHCIP · January 2018
- Effective date
- Jan 18, 2018
- Publisher
- Alberta Health
This page is built from the Alberta AHCIP catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is 996-999 a valid Alberta diagnostic code?
No. 996-999 (Complications of surgical and medical care not elswhere classified) is a block heading in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release. It holds 42 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is 996-999 in Alberta AHCIP?
996-999 sits under XVII. Injury and poisoning.
What coding notes apply to 996-999?
Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes notes for 996-999, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which Alberta AHCIP release does this page use?
It uses Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside 996-999
800-804Fracture of skull805-809Fracture of spine and trunk810-819Fracture of upper limb820-829Fracture of lower limb830-839Dislocation840-848Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles850-854Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture860-869Internal injury of chest, abdomen and pelvis870-897Open wounds900-904Injury to blood vessels905-909Late effects of injuries, poisonings, toxic effects and other external causes910-919Superficial injury (910 -919)920-924Contusion with intact skin surface925-929Crushing injury930-939Effects of foreign body entering through orifice940-949Burns950-957Injury to nerves and spinal cord958-959Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries960-979Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances ( 960-979)980-989Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source990-995Other and unspecified effects of external causes