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T80.29

T80.29: Infection following other infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T80.29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection following other infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T80

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T80.29

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on T80.2: Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection

Written on T80: Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection

  • bone marrow transplant rejection (T86.01)
  • febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (R50.84)
  • fluid overload due to transfusion (E87.71)
  • posttransfusion purpura (D69.51)
  • transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) (E87.71)
  • transfusion (red blood cell) associated hemochromatosis (E83.111)
  • transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) (J95.84)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Complication›infusion›infection
  • Complication›infusion›sepsis
  • Complication›injection›infection
  • Complication›injection›sepsis
  • Complication›transfusion›infection
  • Complication›transfusion›sepsis
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›infusion, injection or transfusion NEC
  • Sepsis›following›infusion, therapeutic injection or transfusion NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T80.29

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T80.2

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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