T81.4 - Infection following a procedure
- Applicable to Infection following a procedure
- The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM T81.4 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD10-CM version of T81.4 - other international versions of ICD10 T81.4 may differ.
- T81.4 is a Non-Billable / Non-Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- T81.4 Code should not be used for billing or reimbursement purposes as there are multiple ICD-10 CM codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- T81.4 - Infection following a procedure
- T81.4 - Infection following a procedure
- T81.40 - Infection following a procedure, unspecified
- T81.41 - Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical site
- T81.42 - Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site
- T81.43 - Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical site
- T81.44 - Sepsis following a procedure
- T81.49 - Infection following a procedure, other surgical site
Code Additional Code
- code to identify infection
Inclusion Term
- Wound abscess following a procedure
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)
codeAlso
- , if applicable, disruption of internal operation (surgical) wound (T81.32-)
The following codes above T81.4 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to T81.4:
Chapter: S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Section: T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
Category: T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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