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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 998.59

Other postoperative infection

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  • 998.59 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 998.59 contains 19 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 998.* hierarchy

998.59 also known as:

  • Abscess: postoperative
    • intra-abdominal postoperative
    • stitch postoperative
    • subphrenic postoperative
    • wound postoperative
  • Septicemia postoperative

Use additional code to identify infection

Index entries containing 998.59:

Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • intra-abdominal (see also Abscess, peritoneum) 567.22
    • postoperative 998.59
  • operative wound 998.59
  • peritoneum, peritoneal (perforated) (ruptured) 567.22
    • postoperative 998.59
  • retroperitoneal 567.38
    • postprocedural 998.59
  • stitch 998.59
  • subphrenic - see also Abscess, peritoneum 567.22
    • postoperative 998.59
Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
  • drainage site (following operation) 998.59
Complications
  • surgical procedures 998.9
    • stitch abscess 998.59
    • wound infection 998.59
Fever 780.6
  • postoperative 998.89
    • due to infection 998.59
Granuloma NEC 686.1Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • due to or resulting from
    • surgery 998.59
  • operation wound 998.59
  • postoperative wound 998.59
  • wound (local) (posttraumatic) NEC 958.3
    • postoperative 998.59
    • surgical 998.59
Sepsis (generalized) 995.91
  • localized
    • in operation wound 998.59
Septicemia, septicemic (generalized) (suppurative) 038.9
  • postoperative 998.59
Stitch
  • abscess 998.59