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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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T80-T88
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
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T81-
Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T81.49XA
Infection following a procedure, other surgical site, initial encounter
2019 - New Code 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- T81.49XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Infection following a procedure, other surgical site, init
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM T81.49XA became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T81.49XA - other international versions of ICD-10 T81.49XA may differ.
The following code(s) above
T81.49XA contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
T81.49XA:
- S00-T88
2020 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- T80-T88
2020 ICD-10-CM Range T80-T88
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classifiedType 2 Excludes- any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
- artificial opening status (Z93.-)
- closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
- fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
- burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
- complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
- postprocedural fever (R50.82)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
- colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
- disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
- functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
- intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
- postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
- postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
- postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
- postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Use Additional- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
- T81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T81
Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- complications following immunization (T88.0-T88.1)
- complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-)
- complications of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
- complication of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
- dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
- endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
- floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (intraoperative) H21.81
- intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
- plateau iris syndrome (post-iridectomy) (postprocedural) H21.82
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
Use Additional- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
- T81.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T81.4
Infection following a procedure
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Wound abscess following a procedure
Use Additional- code to identify infection
- 791 Prematurity with major problems
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
- 856 Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. Procedure with mcc
- 857 Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. Procedure with cc
- 858 Postoperative or post-traumatic infections with o.r. Procedure without cc/mcc
- 862 Postoperative and post-traumatic infections with mcc
- 863 Postoperative and post-traumatic infections without mcc
Code History
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): New code
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T81.49XA
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
T81.49XA
…… initial encounter
T81.5 Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
T81.50 Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
T81.500 Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following surgical operation
T81.501 Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following infusion or transfusion
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
