T81.4Non-billable (header)

Infection following a procedure

Inclusion Terms

  • •Wound abscess following a procedure

⚠ Excludes 2(Not included here)

  • •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)

Notes

  • ℹcode to identify infection
  • ℹcode (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable

Code Hierarchy

┌19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)├T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)├T81Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
└T81.4Infection following a procedure

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