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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 998.4

Foreign body accidentally left during a procedure not elsewhere classified

  • 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

998.4 also known as:

  • 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