T81.4

ICD-10Non-billable category

Infection following a procedure

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Infection following a procedure

T81.4 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.

Inclusion terms

  • Wound abscess following a procedure

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)
  • infection due to infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
  • infection due to prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82.6-T82.7, T83.5-T83.6, T84.5-T84.7, T85.7)
  • obstetric surgical wound infection (O86.0-)
  • postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)
  • postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)

Use additional code

Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.

  • code to identify infection
  • code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable

Code also

Two codes may be needed; sequencing depends on the reason for the encounter.

  • , if applicable, disruption of internal operation (surgical) wound (T81.32-)

ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 6 codes beneath T81.4. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.

Related codes in T81

Where this code sits

Parent code
T81

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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