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Wiki Non-healing surgical wounds in ICD-10
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mitchellde
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Complication
Surgical
Skin?
Since the complication is at the incision site i assumed skin.
Complication
Surgical
Skin?
Since the complication is at the incision site i assumed skin.
nonhealing surgical wound
What if patient has comorbidities that make his surgical wound hard to heel.
Is it surgical complication too?
The code I can find is T8189XD-Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified. Is it right code for 'non healing surgical wound"?
Thank you.
What if patient has comorbidities that make his surgical wound hard to heel.
Is it surgical complication too?
The code I can find is T8189XD-Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified. Is it right code for 'non healing surgical wound"?
Thank you.
RekniMcGuire
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I would use T81.89X(A,D, or S) along with a secondary code for the complication/manifestation
Don't forget to look at the Excludes 2 notes:
complications following immunization (T88.0-T88.1)
complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-) complications of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
complication of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (intraoperative) (H21.81)
intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-) [/B] ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
plateau iris syndrome (post-iridectomy) (postprocedural) H21.82
poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
**Side note
There are codes for dehiscence and disruption of wound. Check the documentation to see if these are supported instead...
Don't forget to look at the Excludes 2 notes:
complications following immunization (T88.0-T88.1)
complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-) complications of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
complication of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (intraoperative) (H21.81)
intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-) [/B] ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
plateau iris syndrome (post-iridectomy) (postprocedural) H21.82
poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
**Side note
There are codes for dehiscence and disruption of wound. Check the documentation to see if these are supported instead...
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