T81.596Other complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following aspiration, puncture or other catheterization

T81.596 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following aspiration, puncture or other catheterization. It belongs to category T81 (complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified), block T80-T88 (complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T81.59, choose T81.596 (aspiration, puncture or other catheterization) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: surgical operation (T81.590), infusion or transfusion (T81.591), kidney dialysis (T81.592), injection or immunization (T81.593), endoscopic examination (T81.594), heart catheterization (T81.595), removal of catheter or packing (T81.597), other procedure (T81.598) and 1 more.

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Use an additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.