998.83 - Non-healing Surgical Wound
The ICD 9 Code for Non-healing surgical wound is listed as 998.83.
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: | 998.83 |
| Long Description: | Non-healing surgical wound |
| Short Description: | Non-healing surgcl wound |
| 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: | T81.89XA - Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 998.83: | |
| 998.81 - Emphysema (subcutaneous) (surgical) resulting from procedure | |
| 998.82 - Cataract fragments in eye following cataract surgery | |
| 998.89 - Other specified complications of procedures not elsewhere classified | |