Complications of Cancer Treatment

Treatment for cancers, whether it be surgical, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy or some type of other therapy, oftentimes has complications. Codes for complications due to these different types of therapy have been greatly expanded for ICD-10-CM.

ICD-10-CM Code ICD-10-CM Description
D61.1 Drug-induced aplastic anemia (aplastic anemia due to antineoplastic chemotherapy)
D61.810 Antineoplastic chemotherapy induced pancytopenia
D64.81 Anemia due to antineoplastic chemotherapy
D70.1 Agranulocytosis secondary to cancer chemotherapy
J34.81 Nasal mucositis (ulcerative) (due to antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs)
K12.31 Oral mucositis (ulcerative) due to antineoplastic therapy
K12.33 Oral mucositis (ulcerative) due to radiation
K62.7 Radiation proctitis
K92.81 Gastrointestinal mucositis (ulcerative)(due to antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs)
N76.81 Mucositis (ulcerative) of vagina and vulva
T45.1- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and under dosing of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs
T38.6- Poisoning by antigonadotrophins, antiestrogens, antiandrogens, not elsewhere classified
T38.8-, T38.9- Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes
T45.1- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and under dosing of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs
T45.8-, T45.9- Poisoning by systemic hematological agent
T66 Unspecified effects of radiation
T80.1 Vascular complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection
T80.2- Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injections
T80.810 Extravasation of vesicant antineoplastic chemotherapy
T80.818 Extravasation of other vesicant agent
T86.0 Complications of bone marrow transplant
Y63.2 Overdose of radiation given during therapy
Y84.2 Radiological procedure and radiotherapy as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure

Updated: December 3, 2018