O08.2 vs T81.7
O08.2 and T81.7 can never be reported together. ICD-10-CM declares them mutually exclusive with an Excludes1 note, meaning the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient — so exactly one of them is correct for any given encounter.
Embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Chapter 15
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Section
- O00-O08
- Air embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Amniotic fluid embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Blood-clot embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Embolism NOS following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Fat embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Pulmonary embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Pyemic embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Septic or septicopyemic embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
- Air › embolism › with ectopic or molar pregnancy
- Complication › ectopic pregnancy › embolism (s) (from) (of)
- Complication › molar pregnancy NOS › embolism (s) (from) (of)
- Embolism › following › ectopic or molar pregnancy (multiple) (paradoxical)
- Air › embolism › following › ectopic or molar pregnancy
Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified
- Chapter 19
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
- Section
- T80-T88
- Air embolism following procedure NEC
- Phlebitis or thrombophlebitis resulting from a procedure
These two codes sit in different chapters of the Tabular List, which is usually the clearest signal that they describe different underlying processes rather than different degrees of the same one.
Excludes1 is not always absolute: where two conditions covered by the note are genuinely unrelated, CMS guidance permits reporting both. Document the reasoning rather than assuming it. More on Excludes1 vs Excludes2 · FY2027