ICD-10-CM Code T83.51
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling urinary catheter
NON-BILLABLE
7th Character Required
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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.7th Character Required
Code requires 7th Character Extension identifier. This 7th Character usually captures Episode of Care information, such as "Initial Encounter," "Subsquent Encounter," or "Sequela."ICD Code T83.51 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use specify a 7th character that describes the diagnosis 'infect/inflm reaction due to indwelling urinary catheter' in more detail. The 7th characters that can be added, and the resulting billable codes, are as follows:
7th Digit | Billable Code | 7th Digit Specifies |
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A | T83.51XA | initial encounter |
D | T83.51XD | subsequent encounter |
S | T83.51XS | sequela |
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More InfoCoding Notes for T83.51 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 stoma of urinary tract - instead, use code N99.5-
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Urinary tract infection associated with catheter (disorder)
- Infection and inflammation associated with indwelling urinary catheter (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Episode of care information needed
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
- Consider additional code to identify specific condition or disease
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T83.51 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling urinary catheter'
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Parent Code: T83.5 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to prosthetic device, implant and graft in urinary system