K95.81

Infection due to other bariatric procedure

Billable / specific

K95.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • complications of gastric band surgery (K95.0-) (from K95.8)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K95)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K95)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K95)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K95)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K95)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K95)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K95)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K95)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to specify type of infection or organism, such as:
  • bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95.-, B96.-)
  • cellulitis of abdominal wall (L03.311)
  • sepsis (A40.-, A41.-)

Also known as

  • Complication, bariatric procedure, specified procedure NEC, infection

Parent code

  • K95.8Complications of other bariatric procedureHeader

Related codes

  • K95.89Other complications of other bariatric procedureBillable

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