T81.523
T81.523: Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
T81.523 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization. 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
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T81.523
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on T81: Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
- 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)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Foreign body›accidentally left following a procedure›immunization›resulting in›obstruction
- Foreign body›accidentally left following a procedure›injection›resulting in›obstruction
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T81.523
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T81.523AObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization, initial encounter
- T81.523DObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization, subsequent encounter
- T81.523SObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization, sequela
Other codes under T81.52
- T81.520Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following surgical operation
- T81.521Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following infusion or transfusion
- T81.522Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following kidney dialysis
- T81.524Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following endoscopic examination
- T81.525Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following heart catheterization
- T81.526Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following aspiration, puncture or other catheterization
- T81.527Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing
- T81.528Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following other procedure
- T81.529Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following unspecified procedure