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999.31 - Other And Unspecified Infection Due To Central Venous Catheter


The ICD 9 Code for Other and unspecified infection due to central venous catheter is listed as 999.31.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 999.31
Long Description: Other and unspecified infection due to central venous catheter
Short Description: Oth/uns inf-cen ven cath
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999)
Related Descriptions: Central venous catheter associated bloodstream infection
Infection of central venous catheter
Infection of central venous catheter exit site
Infection of tunnel site of tunneled central venous catheter
Sepsis due to infected central venous catheter
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T80.219A - Unspecified infection due to central venous catheter, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 999.31:
999.32 - Bloodstream infection due to central venous catheter
999.33 - Local infection due to central venous catheter
999.34 - Acute infection following transfusion, infusion, or injection of blood and blood products
999.39 - Infection following other infusion, injection, transfusion, or vaccination