Diagnosis Code: 998.59

Short Description: Other postop infection

Long Description: Other postoperative infection

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
      • 998.59 Other postop infection

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Deep incisional surgical site infection
• Granuloma of surgical wound
• Infected percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site
• Infection associated with artificial insemination
• Infection of gastrostomy site
• Infection of skin donor site
• Infection of tendon repair
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection of postoperative wound
• Organ-space surgical site infection
• Postoperative abdominal wall wound abscess
• Postoperative infection
• Postoperative infection of thyroidectomy wound
• Postoperative intra-abdominal abscess
• Postoperative sepsis
• Postoperative stitch abscess
• Postoperative subphrenic abscess
• Postoperative wound abscess
• Postoperative wound infection
• Postoperative wound infection-deep
• Postoperative wound infection-superficial
• Postoperative wound sinus
• Postprocedural intra-abdominal sepsis
• Stitch abscess
• Stitch abscess of cornea
• Stitch infection
• Superficial incisional surgical site infection
• Surgical site infection
• Surgical wound necrosis
• Suture granuloma
• Wound abscess

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 998.59 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • intra-abdominal (see also Abscess, peritoneum) 567.22
    • postoperative� 998.59
  • operative wound 998.59
  • peritoneum, peritoneal (perforated) (ruptured) 567.22
    • postoperative 998.59
  • retroperitoneal 567.38
    • postprocedural 998.59
  • stitch 998.59
  • subphrenic - see also Abscess, peritoneum 567.22
    • postoperative 998.59

• Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
  • drainage site (following operation) 998.59

• Complications
  • surgical procedures 998.9
    • stitch abscess 998.59
    • wound infection 998.59

• Fever 780.60
  • postoperative 780.62
    • due to infection 998.59

• Granuloma NEC 686.1
  • operation wound 998.59
    • foreign body 998.4
    • stitch (external) 998.89
      • internal wound 998.89
    • talc 998.7

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • due to or resulting from
    • surgery 998.59
  • operation wound 998.59
  • postoperative wound 998.59
  • wound (local) (posttraumatic) NEC 958.3
    • postoperative 998.59
    • surgical 998.59

• Sepsis (generalized) 995.91
  • localized - code to specific localized infection
    • in operation wound 998.59

• Septicemia, septicemic (generalized) (suppurative) 038.9
  • postoperative 998.59

• Stitch
  • abscess 998.59

Crosswalk Information

The code 998.59 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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