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T81.4 – Infection following a procedure

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Non-billable / Non-specific, not valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Additional

code to identify infection

Tyoe 2 Excludes

bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)
infection due to infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
infection due to prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82.6-T82.7, T83.5-T83.6, T84.5-T84.7, T85.7)
obstetric surgical wound infection (O86.0-)
postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)
postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)

Applicable To

Wound abscess following a procedure

Child Codes

Infection following a procedure, unspecified
Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical site
Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site
Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical site
Sepsis following a procedure
Infection following a procedure, other surgical site

Sibling Codes

Postprocedural shock
Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classified
Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure
Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified
Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
Unspecified complication of procedure

Parent Sibling Codes

Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection
Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Complications of transplanted organs and tissue
Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation
Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

View in Tabular

Code Title
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
T81.4 Infection following a procedure
Use Additional
code to identify infection

Type 2 Excludes
bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)
infection due to infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
infection due to prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82.6-T82.7, T83.5-T83.6, T84.5-T84.7, T85.7)
obstetric surgical wound infection (O86.0-)
postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)
postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)

Applicable to
Wound abscess following a procedure

T81.40 Infection following a procedure, unspecified
T81.41 Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical site
T81.42 Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site
T81.43 Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical site
T81.44 Sepsis following a procedure
T81.49 Infection following a procedure, other surgical site