Iatrogenic, puncture or laceration, related to a procedure or surgery NOS
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Iatrogenic, puncture or laceration, related to a procedure or surgery NOS |
ICD10 code: | T81.2 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Pneumothorax (iatrogenic), Hemothorax (iatrogenic), Significant bleed (iatrogenic) |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- Includes such an iatrogenic injury to a vessel or organ.
Guideline for Iatrogenic Pneumothorax
According to our general rule of not coding iatrogenic events as traumas, code an iatrogenic pneumothorax as
- Iatrogenic, puncture or laceration, related to a procedure or surgery NOS
- Plus the most appropriate of the following;
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- This is one of a number of different types of iatrogenic injury codes. Here is information about all of them; Iatrogenic codes in ICD10
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Also code the specific injury suffered, such as:
When above code types are combined with Iatrogenic, puncture or laceration, related to a procedure or surgery NOS the following error message is encountered on patient profiles: Profile has a trauma mechanism but no related trauma. |
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