T81.5
Header — not billableComplications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
The ICD-10 code for complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure is T81.5.
T81.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under T81.5
- T81.50Unspecified complication of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header
- T81.51Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header
- T81.52Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header
- T81.53Perforation due to foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header
- T81.59Other complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- T81.1Postprocedural shocknon-billable header
- T81.3Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- T81.4Infection following a procedurenon-billable header
- T81.6Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedurenon-billable header
- T81.7Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- T81.8Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- T81.9Unspecified complication of procedure
- T81.5Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedurenon-billable header