ICD-10-CM Code T81.6
Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure
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 T81.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of T81.6 that describes the diagnosis 'acute reaction to foreign substance acc left dur proc' in more detail.
Coding Notes for T81.6 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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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." - Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body cavity or operation wound following procedure - instead, use code T81.5-
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T81.6 - Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T81.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: T81 - Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified