AHRQ QI™ ICD-10-CM/PCS Specification Version 6.0 PSI 24 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence
Wound dehiscence is a surgical complication in which a wound ruptures along a surgical incision. Risk factors include age, collagen disorder such as Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, diabetes, obesity, poor knotting or grabbing of stitches, and trauma to the wound after surgery.
Dehiscence of surgical wound; Disruption of operative wound; ICD-10-CM T81.31XA is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v 38.0): 919 Complications of treatment with mcc; 920 Complications of treatment with cc; 921 Complications of treatment without cc/mcc; Convert T81.31XA to ICD-9-CM. Code History
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S31.1 Open wound of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity Open wound of abdominal wall w/o penetration into perit cav; open wound of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.6-); Open wound of abdominal wall NOS ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S31.10
Disruption of wound, unspecified, initial encounter. 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code. T81.30XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.30XA became effective on October 1, 2018.
Non-healing surgical wounds in ICD-10. ICD-10-CM is very specific and many easy-to-adapt codes such as non-healing wounds have been replaced by dedicated categories. Use T81.89X (A, D, or S) along with a secondary code for the complication/manifestation.
What is this? Wound dehiscence under the ICD-10-CM is coded T81. 3 which exclusively pertains to disruption of a wound not elsewhere classified.
T81. 31 - Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified. ICD-10-CM.
code 12020 (Treatment of superficial wound dehiscence; simple closure), which has a global period of 10 days, or. code 13160 (Secondary closure of surgical wound or dehiscence; extensive or complicated), which has a 90-day global period.
Dehiscence is the separation of the fascial closure of the reoperated abdominal wound with the exposure of intraabdominal contents to the external environment. Dehiscence is secondary to technical failure of sutures, shear forces from tension, or fascial necrosis from infection and/or ischemia (2).
Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter. T81. 31XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.
ICD-10 Code for Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter- T81. 31XA- Codify by AAPC.
Dehiscence is a partial or total separation of previously approximated wound edges, due to a failure of proper wound healing. This scenario typically occurs 5 to 8 days following surgery when healing is still in the early stages.
998.83 - Non-healing surgical wound is a topic covered in the ICD-10-CM.
Where this type of closure can be accomplished, report CPT code 49900 (suture, secondary, of abdominal wall for evisceration or dehiscence).
The key to the treatment of superficial abdominal incision dehiscence lies in the combination of surgical debridement, NPWT, and Z-plasty. Negative-pressure wound therapy can facilitate the generation of healthy wound tissue, increase local nutrition and blood supply, and reduce wound infection.
Last updated on Jun 6, 2022. Skin avulsion is a wound that happens when skin is torn from your body during an accident or other injury. The torn skin may be lost or too damaged to be repaired, and it must be removed. A wound of this type cannot be stitched closed because there is tissue missing.
A dehisced wound can appear fully open – the tissue underneath is visible – or it can be partial, where just the top portion of the skin has torn open. The wound could be red around the wound margins, have drainage, or it could be bleeding or seeping, where only a thin trickle of blood is coming out.