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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 998.59
Other postoperative infection
998.51
998.6
998.59 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 998.59:
2009
2010
Also applicable to/known as
Abscess: postoperative
intra-abdominal postoperative
stitch postoperative
subphrenic postoperative
wound postoperative
Septicemia postoperative
Additional
Use additional code to identify infection
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 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
686.1
operation wound
998.59
foreign body
998.4
stitch (external)
998.89
internal wound
998.89
talc
998.7
Infection, 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