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September 17,2025
What Is a Postoperative Complication? A postoperative complication is any condition that develops due to performance of a surgery/procedure and is undesirable or unexpected. Some examples of postoperative complications are infection, bleeding, shock, ileus, respiratory failure, etc. Sometimes it can be challenging to determine if a postoperative complication code should be reported for a condition because not all conditions that occur after a surgery/procedure are considered complications. The assignment of postoperative complication codes is based on the provider’s documentation. The provider must document the relationship of the condition t...
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