T81.527 — Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing
T81.527 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing. 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
T81.527 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 T81.527 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 T81.527.
- Foreign body›accidentally left following a procedure›packing removal›resulting in›obstruction
Code to one of these instead T81.527
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T81.527AObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing, initial encounter
- T81.527DObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing, subsequent encounter
- T81.527SObstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following removal of catheter or packing, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T81.52. If T81.527 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- T81.523Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following injection or immunization
- 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
- T81.528Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following other procedure
- T81.529Obstruction due to foreign body accidentally left in body following unspecified procedure
Questions about T81.527
- Is T81.527 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T81.527 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T81.527 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).