998.83 - Non-healing surgical wound | ICD-10-CM.
36: Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic), lumbar region.
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.
ICD-10 code M43. 26 for Fusion of spine, lumbar region is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Dorsopathies .
ICD-10 Code for Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter- T81. 31XA- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10-CM Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified L08. 9.
8-, “other injury of unspecified body region,” or T14. 9-, “injury, unspecified,” because these codes don't describe the location or type of wound. These injury codes require a 7th character to indicate the episode of care.
9: Soft tissue disorder, unspecified.
Dressings applied to the wound are part of the services for CPT codes 97597, 97598 and 97602 and they may not be billed separately. It is not appropriate to report CPT code 97602 in addition to CPT code 97597 and/or 97598 for wound care performed on the same wound on the same date of service.
Fusion of spine, lumbar region The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M43. 26 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M43.
Other specified postprocedural statesICD-10 code Z98. 89 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
M54. 9 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 M54.
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.
S31.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S31.0 became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S31.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 S31.0 may differ.