T81.6
Header — not billableAcute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure
The ICD-10 code for acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure is T81.6.
T81.6 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- complications of foreign body accidentally left in body cavity or operation wound following procedure (T81.5-)
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.
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
- T81.5Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following 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
- T81.6Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedurenon-billable header