Post Procedural Infections: Discharge Abstract Database

Concept

Infections associated with a medical or surgical procedure.

Notes

This clinical group may include inflammatory reactions in the absence of infection.

Selection criteria

Codes

Conditions

O86.002

Identified as diagnosis type (M), (1), (2), (W), (X) or (Y)

T80.2
T81.4
T82.6
T82.7–
T83.6
T84.5–T84.6–
T84.7
T85.7
T87.0*1
T87.1*1
T87.201
T87.4–

Identified as diagnosis type (2) AND Y60–Y84 in the same diagnosis cluster

Codes

Code descriptions

O86.002

Infection of obstetric surgical wound; delivered with mention of postpartum complication

T80.2

Infections following infusion, transfusion, and therapeutic injection

T81.4

Infection following a procedure, not elsewhere classified

T82.6

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis

T82.7

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants, and grafts

T83.6

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to prosthetic device, implant, and graft in genital tract

T84.5–

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis

T84.6–

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device (any site)

T84.7

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants, and grafts

T85.7

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants, and grafts

T87.0*1

Complication of reattached (part of) upper extremity; infection

T87.1*1

Complications of reattached (part of) lower extremity; infection

T87.201

Infection of other reattached body part

T87.4–

Infection of amputation stump

Additional Codes

Inclusions

Y60–Y84

Complications of medical and surgical care (refer to Appendix A) of the Hospital Harm Indicator General Methodology Notes