T81.4 - Infection following a procedure

The ICD 10 Code for Infection following a procedure is listed as T81.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	T81.4
Description:	Infection following a procedure Intra-abdominal abscess following a procedure Postprocedural infection, not elsewhere classified Sepsis following a procedure Stitch abscess following a procedure Subphrenic abscess following a procedure Wound abscess following a procedure Use additional code to identify infection Use additional code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable Excludes1: obstetric surgical wound infection (O86.0) postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82) postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11) Excludes2: 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)

Chapter	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block	Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
Parent	T81 - Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T81.4:
T81.1 - Postprocedural shock
T81.3 - Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classified
T81.5 - Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
T81.6 - Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure
T81.7 - Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified
T81.8 - Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
T81.9 - Unspecified complication of procedure