Coding Tip of the Month – February 2019

Surgical Site Infections The October 2018 updates included expansion of Subcategory T81.4, Infection following a procedure, and new codes were created to identify surgical site infections according to depth. Six codes were created to describe infections following a procedure: Code Description T81.40 Infection following a procedure, unspecified T81.41 Infection following a procedure, superficial incisional surgical…

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