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998.6 PERSIST POSTOP FISTULA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 998.6

Short Description: Persist postop fistula

Long Description: Persistent postoperative fistula

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
        • 998.6 Persist postop fistula

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 998.6 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Complications
    • surgical procedures 998.9
      • fistula (persistent postoperative) 998.6
  • Fistula (sinus) 686.9
    • postoperative, persistent 998.6

Crosswalk Information

The code 998.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
998.6 Right Arrow T81.83XA Persistent postprocedural fistula, initial encounter
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
998.4 Foreign body accidentally left during a procedure
998.51 Infected postoperative seroma
998.59 Other postoperative infection
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

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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