Surgical Site Infections (SSI)
Search the full ICD-10 catalog by:
wound infection T81.49 Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9 postoperative wound T81.49 surgical site specified NEC T81.49 operation wound T81.49 Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) A41.9 localized - code to specific localized infection in operation wound T81.49
ICD-10 code T81. 4 for Infection following a procedure is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
ICD-10-CM Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified L08. 9.
Postoperative wound infection is classified to ICD-9-CM code 998.59, Other postoperative infection.
ICD-10 code Z71. 89 for Other specified counseling is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
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. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.
ICD-10 code B99. 9 for Unspecified infectious disease is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .
A surgical site infection 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.
The types of open wounds classified in ICD-10-CM are laceration without foreign body, laceration with foreign body, puncture wound without foreign body, puncture wound with foreign body, open bite, and unspecified open wound. For instance, S81. 812A Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg, initial encounter.
Sepsis due to a postprocedural infection: For such cases, the postprocedural infection code should be coded first, such as: T80. 2, Infections following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection, T81. 4, Infection following a procedure, T88. 0, Infection following immunization, or O86.
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
Code Z23 is used to indicate any encounter for a vaccination. The procedure codes are used to identify the type of the immunization given and how it was administered.
Encounter for other specified special examinations The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z01. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z01.
Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site, initial encounter 1 T81.42XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 #N#Short description: Infct fol a procedure, deep incisional surgical site, init#N#The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.42XA became effective on October 1, 2020.#N#This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T81.42XA - other international versions of ICD-10 T81.42XA 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.