ICD-10-CM Code T80.2
Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T80.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of T80.2 that describes the diagnosis 'infect following infusion, transfuse and theraputc injection' in more detail.
Coding Notes for T80.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Additional Code Note:
Use Additional Code
Use Additional Code note means a second code must be used in conjunction with this code. Codes with this note are Etiology codes and must be followed by a Manifestation code or codes. - Code to identify the specific infection, such as:
- Sepsis See code A41.9
- Code See code R65.2- to identify severe sepsis, if applicable
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Infections specified as due to prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82.6-T82.7, T83.5-T83.6, T84.5-T84.7, T85.7) - instead, use code T82.6-
- Postprocedural infections - instead, use code T81.4
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
- Possible requirement for causative agent code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T80.2 - Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection'
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Parent Code: T80 - Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection