998.4 FB LEFT DURING PROCEDURE

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 998.4

Short Description: FB left during procedure

Long Description: Foreign body accidentally left during a procedure

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (996-999)
  - 998 Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
    - 998.4 FB left during procedure

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 998.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Complications
- surgical procedures 998.9
  - foreign body inadvertently left in wound (sponge) (suture) (swab) 998.4

Foreign body
- granuloma (old) 728.82
  - in operative wound (inadvertently left) 998.4
    - due to surgical material intentionally left - see Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC
- inadvertently left in operation wound (causing adhesions, obstruction, or perforation) 998.4
- operation wound, left accidentally 998.4

Granuloma NEC 686.1
- foreign body (in soft tissue) NEC 728.82
  - in operative wound 998.4
- operation wound 998.59
  - foreign body 998.4

Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- due to foreign body accidentally left in operation wound 998.4

Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
- by
  - foreign body left accidentally in operation wound 998.4

Peritonitis (acute) (adhesive) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) 567.9
- due to
  - foreign
    - body or object accidentally left during a procedure (instrument) (sponge) (swab) 998.4

Puncture (traumatic) - see also Wound, open, by site
- by
  - foreign body
    - left accidentally in operation wound 998.4

Reaction
- foreign
  - body NEC 728.82
    - in operative wound (inadvertently left) 998.4
      - due to surgical material intentionally left - see Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC
  - substance accidentally left during a procedure (chemical) (powder) (talc) 998.7
    - body or object (instrument) (sponge) (swab) 998.4

Sponge
- inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4

Suture
- inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4

Swab inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 998.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code	ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
998.4	T81.509A	Unsp comp of fb acc left in body fol unsp procedure, init
	T81.519A	Adhes due to fb acc left in body fol unsp procedure, init
	T81.529A	Obst due to fb acc left in body fol unsp procedure, init
	T81.539A	Perf due to fb acc left in body fol unsp procedure, init

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
998.00	Postoperative shock, unspecified
998.01	Postoperative shock, cardiogenic
998.02	Postoperative shock, septic
998.09	Postoperative shock, other
998.11	Hemorrhage complicating a procedure
998.12	Hematoma complicating a procedure
998.13	Seroma complicating a procedure
998.2	Accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure, not elsewhere classified
998.30	Disruption of wound, unspecified
998.31	Disruption of internal operation (surgical) wound
998.32	Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound
998.33	Disruption of traumatic injury wound repair
998.51	Infected postoperative seroma
998.59	Other postoperative infection
998.6	Persistent postoperative fistula
998.7	Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure
998.81	Emphysema (subcutaneous) (surgical) resulting from procedure
998.82	Cataract fragments in eye following cataract surgery
998.83	Non-healing surgical wound
998.89	Other specified complications of procedures not elsewhere classified
998.9	Unspecified complication of procedure, not elsewhere classified

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