T81.515 — Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization
T81.515 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization. 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 T81
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T81.515 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How T81.515 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T81.515.
- Foreign body›accidentally left following a procedure›cardiac catheterization›resulting in›adhesions
Code to one of these instead T81.515
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T81.515AAdhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization, initial encounter
- T81.515DAdhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization, subsequent encounter
- T81.515SAdhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T81.51. If T81.515 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T81.510Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following surgical operation
- T81.511Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following infusion or transfusion
- T81.512Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following kidney dialysis
- T81.513Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization
- T81.514Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following endoscopic examination
- T81.516Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following aspiration, puncture or other catheterization
- T81.517Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing
- T81.518Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following other procedure
- T81.519Adhesions due to foreign body accidentally left in body following unspecified procedure
Questions about T81.515
- Is T81.515 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T81.515 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T81.515 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88).