T81.50

Non-billable

Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure

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 (15)

T81.5Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedureT81.51Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedureT81.52Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedureT81.53Perforation due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedureT81.59Other complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedureT81.500Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following surgical operationT81.501Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following infusion or transfusionT81.502Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following kidney dialysisT81.503Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunizationT81.504Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following endoscopic examinationT81.505Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterizationT81.506Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following aspiration, puncture or other catheterizationT81.507Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packingT81.508Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following other procedureT81.509Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following unspecified procedure