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996.68 - Infection And Inflammatory Reaction Due To Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter


The ICD 9 Code for Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter is listed as 996.68.
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: 996.68
Long Description: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter
Short Description: React-periton dialy cath
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T85.71XA - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 996.68:
996.60 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified device, implant, and graft
996.61 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac device, implant, and graft
996.62 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other vascular device, implant, and graft
996.63 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to nervous system device, implant, and graft
996.64 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling urinary catheter
996.65 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other genitourinary device, implant, and graft
996.66 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis
996.67 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic device, implant, and graft
996.69 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic device, implant, and graft