ICD-10-CM 2027
ICD-10 code for intubation
From the official ICD-10-CM alphabetic index entry “Intubation, difficult or failed”. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About coding intubation
The ICD-10-CM code for intubation is T88.4 (Failed or difficult intubation).
Within T88 (other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified), T88.4 is specifically for failed or difficult intubation. Related codes cover infection following immunization (T88.0), other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified (T88.1), shock due to anesthesia (T88.2), malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia (T88.3), other complications of anesthesia (T88.5), anaphylactic reaction due to adverse effect of correct drug or medicament properly administered (T88.6), unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament (T88.7), other specified complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T88.8) and 1 more.
Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.