Infection following a procedure, other surgical site, initial encounter. T81. 49XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Postoperative wound infection is classified to ICD-9-CM code 998.59, Other postoperative infection. Code 998.59 also includes postoperative intra-abdominal abscess, postoperative stitch abscess, postoperative subphrenic abscess, postoperative wound abscess, and postoperative septicemia.Feb 28, 2011
Deep incisional SSI. This infection occurs beneath the incision area in muscle and the tissues surrounding the muscles. Organ or space SSI. This type of infection can be in any area of the body other than skin, muscle, and surrounding tissue that was involved in the surgery.
ICD-10-CM Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified L08. 9.
A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place. Surgical site infections can sometimes be superficial infections involving the skin only.
Postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM K68. 11 became effective on October 1, 2021.
SSIs are classified into incisional SSIs, which can be superficial or deep, and organ/space SSIs, which affect the rest of the body other than the body wall layers (see the image below).
The four wound classifications available within the NHSN application are: Clean (C), Clean-Contaminated (CC), Contaminated (CO), and Dirty/Infected (D).Jan 1, 2022
Organisms identified from culture of fluid or tissue obtained from a superficial incision. Abscess or other evidence of infection involving the organ/space detected on gross anatomical exam or histopathologic exam. Radiographic imaging findings suggestive of infection.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R89. 5: Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues.
Table 1ICD-10 CodeDefinitionT81.4Infection following a procedure, not elsewhere classified (includes: intra-abdominal post procedural, stitch post procedural, subphrenic post procedural, wound post procedural, sepsis post procedural)5 more rows•Jul 1, 2015
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T81. 40XA: Infection following a procedure, unspecified, initial encounter.
Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site 1 T81.42 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. 2 Short description: Infection fol a procedure, deep incisional surgical site 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.42 became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T81.42 - other international versions of ICD-10 T81.42 may differ.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code. Type 1 Excludes.
Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site, subsequent encounter 1 T81.42XD is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 Short description: Infct fol a procedure, deep incisional surgical site, subs 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.42XD became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T81.42XD - other international versions of ICD-10 T81.42XD may differ.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code. Type 1 Excludes.