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T81.30XA
Billable

Disruption of wound, unspecified (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Disruption of wound NOS

Billable Code

T81.30XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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Acquired Absence of Appendix

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Surgical Wound Disruption

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

2 items

From T81.3:

  • Disruption of any suture materials or other closure methods

From T81.30:

  • Disruption of wound NOS

Excludes1

7 items

From S00-T88:

From T81.3:

  • breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures (T85.612)
  • displacement of permanent sutures (T85.622)
  • disruption of cesarean delivery wound (O90.0)
  • disruption of perineal obstetric wound (O90.1)
  • mechanical complication of permanent sutures NEC (T85.692)

Excludes2

12 items

From T81:

  • complications following immunization (T88.0-T88.1)
  • complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-)
  • complications of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
  • specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
  • complication of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
  • dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
  • endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
  • floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (intraoperative) H21.81
  • intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
  • ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
  • plateau iris syndrome (post-iridectomy) (postprocedural) H21.82
  • poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use Additional Code

2 items

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

From T81:

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From T81:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T81
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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