998.59 - Other Postoperative Infection
The ICD 9 Code for Other postoperative infection is listed as 998.59.
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: | 998.59 |
| Long Description: | Other postoperative infection |
| Short Description: | Other postop infection |
| Chapter: | Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: | Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Deep incisional surgical site infection
Granuloma of surgical wound Infected percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site Infection associated with artificial insemination Infection of gastrostomy site Infection of skin donor site Infection of tendon repair Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection of postoperative wound Organ-space surgical site infection Post-splenectomy septicemia Postoperative abdominal wall wound abscess Postoperative infection Postoperative intra-abdominal abscess Postoperative septicemia Postoperative stitch abscess Postoperative subphrenic abscess Postoperative wound abscess Postoperative wound infection Postoperative wound infection-deep Postoperative wound infection-superficial Postoperative wound sinus Postprocedural intra-abdominal sepsis Stitch abscess Stitch abscess of cornea Stitch infection Superficial incisional surgical site infection Surgical site infection Surgical wound necrosis Suture granuloma Wound abscess |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | K68.11 - Postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | T81.4XXA - Infection following a procedure, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 998.59: | |
| 998.51 - Infected postoperative seroma | |