T81.4 Infection following a procedure
Non-Billable/Non-Specific
Applicable To
- Wound abscess following a procedure
Code Also
- , if applicable, disruption of internal operation (surgical) wound (T81.32-)
Use Additional
- code to identify infection
- code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)