tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 11

ICD-10: Know How You'll Report An Infected Surgical Wound Under ICD-10

Hint: Identify the infection and document an infected device, if any.     When selecting the diagnosis codes for infected surgical wounds in ICD-10, you will follow the same logic as you do in ICD-9 but the 7th character in the codes make them distinct. Knowing the right approach can help you to easily submit your claims under ICD-10. ICD-9: When reporting the diagnosis of an infection in the surgical wounds, you report ICD-9 code 998.59 (Other postoperative infection). ICD-10: When ICD-10 is implemented next year, you will switch to code T81.4xxD (Infection following a procedure; subsequent...

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