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T86.822

Billable

Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) infection

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

An infection develops in or around a transplanted skin graft after the grafting procedure.

Coding Tips

  • •Identify the causative organism (bacterial, fungal, viral) with an additional code if documented
  • •Note whether the infection is localized to the graft site or has spread to surrounding tissue

Use Additional Code

  • code to specify infection

Code Hierarchy

└T86Complications of transplanted organs and tissue└T86.8Complications of other transplanted organs and tissues└T86.82Complications of skin graft (allograft) (autograft)└T86.822Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) infection
└T86.822Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) infection

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