999 Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified (999.0-999.9) ICD-9-CM
The 999.0-999.9 block classified 999 complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified with 38 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 999.0-999.9 Block 38 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 999.0 Generalized vaccinia
- 999.1 Air embol comp med care
- 999.2 Vasc comp med care NEC
- 999.31 Oth/uns inf-cen ven cath
- 999.32 Blood inf dt cen ven cth
- 999.33 Lcl inf dt cen ven cth
- 999.34 Ac inf fol trans,inf bld
- 999.39 Infect fol infus/inj/vac
- 999.41 Anaphyl d/t adm bld/prod
- 999.42 Anaphyl react d/t vaccin
- 999.49 Anaph react d/t ot serum
- 999.51 Ot serum react d/t blood
- 999.52 Ot serum react d/t vacc
- 999.59 Other serum reaction
- 999.60 Abo incompat react NOS
- 999.61 Abo incomp/HTR NEC
- 999.62 Abo incompat/acute HTR
- 999.63 Abo incompat/delay HTR
- 999.69 Abo incompat reactn NEC
- 999.70 Rh incompat reaction NOS
- 999.71 Rh incomp/HTR NEC
- 999.72 Rh incompat/acute HTR
- 999.73 Rh incompat/delay HTR
- 999.74 Rh incompat reaction NEC
- 999.75 Non-abo incomp react NOS
- 999.76 Non-abo incomp/HTR NEC
- 999.77 Non-abo incomp/acute HTR
- 999.78 Non-abo incomp/delay HTR
- 999.79 Non-abo incomp react NEC
- 999.80 Transfusion reaction NOS
- 999.81 Extravstn vesicant chemo
- 999.82 Extravasn vesicant NEC
- 999.83 Hemolytc trans react NOS
- 999.84 Acute HTR NOS
- 999.85 Delayed HTR NOS
- 999.88 Infusion reaction NEC
- 999.89 Transfusion reaction NEC
- 999.9 Complic med care NEC/NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 999.0-999.9 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 999.0-999.9 block classify?
The block classified 999 complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified with 38 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Injury and poisoning (800–999) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.