T81.40

Non-billable

Infection following a procedure, unspecified

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

T81.4Infection following a procedureCategory→T81.41Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical siteCategory→T81.42Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical siteCategory→T81.43Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical siteCategory→T81.44Sepsis following a procedureCategory→T81.49Infection following a procedure, other surgical siteCategory→T81.40XAInfection following a procedure, unspecified (initial encounter)Billable→T81.40XDInfection following a procedure, unspecified (subsequent encounter)Billable→T81.40XSInfection following a procedure, unspecified (sequela)Billable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for T81.40

Infection following a procedure

Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical site

Infection following a procedure, deep incisional surgical site

Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical site

Sepsis following a procedure

Infection following a procedure, other surgical site

Infection following a procedure, unspecified (initial encounter)

Infection following a procedure, unspecified (subsequent encounter)

Infection following a procedure, unspecified (sequela)