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6. T81.4

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.

Code Additional Code:

• code to identify infection

• 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

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