2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Injury And Poisoning 800-999 > Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified 996-999 > Other Complications Of Procedures Not Elsewhere Classified 998.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 998.4 Foreign body accidentally left during a procedure not elsewhere classified View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 998.4 998.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 998.4 contains 16 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 998.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in operative wound or body cavity during a procedure Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in operative wound or body cavity during a procedure Perforation due to foreign body accidentally left in operative wound or body cavity during a procedure 998.4 Excludes obstruction or perforation caused by implanted device intentionally left in body (996.0-996.5)  Index entries containing 998.4: Complications surgical procedures 998.9 foreign body inadvertently left in wound (sponge) (suture) (swab) 998.4 Forceps delivery NEC 669.5 accidentally left during a procedure 998.4 Foreign body granuloma (old) 728.82 in operative wound (inadvertently left) 998.4 due to surgical material intentionally left - see Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC inadvertently left in operation wound (causing adhesions, obstruction, or perforation) 998.4 operation wound, left accidentally 998.4 Granuloma NEC 686.1 foreign body (in soft tissue) NEC 728.82 in operative wound 998.4 operation wound 998.59 foreign body 998.4 Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive due to foreign body accidentally left in operation wound 998.4 Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic) by foreign body left accidentally in operation wound 998.4 Peritonitis (acute) (adhesive) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) 567.9 due to foreign body or object accidentally left during a procedure (instrument) (sponge) (swab) 998.4 Puncture (traumatic) - see also Wound, open, by site by foreign body left accidentally in operation wound 998.4 Reaction foreign body NEC 728.82 in operative wound (inadvertently left) 998.4 due to surgical material intentionally left - see Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC substance accidentally left during a procedure (chemical) (powder) (talc) 998.7 body or object (instrument) (sponge) (swab) 998.4 Sponge inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4 Suture inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4 Swab inadvertently left in operation wound 998.4