Western Australian Coding Rule - Department of Health
WA Coding Rules are a requirement of the Clinical Coding Policy MP0056/17
Western Australian Coding Rule
0715/02 Infected haematoma
Q.
How should infected haematoma of a surgical wound be coded (perianal abscess excision site)?
A.
Infected haematoma of surgical wound should be coded:
T81.0
Haemorrhage and haematoma complicating a procedure, not elsewhere classified
T81.4
Wound infection following a procedure, not elsewhere classified
followed by appropriate infectious agent code (if present) and external cause codes.
For infected traumatic haematomas, assign first a code for the haematoma, followed by T79.3 Post traumatic wound infection, not elsewhere classified along with appropriate infectious agent code (if present) and external cause codes.
DECISION
Infected haematoma of surgical wound should be coded:
T81.0 Haemorrhage and haematoma complicating a procedure, not elsewhere classified T81.4 Wound infection following a procedure, not elsewhere classified followed by appropriate infectious agent code (if present) and external cause codes.
This WA Coding Rule 0715/02 Infected haematoma supersedes WA Coding Rule 0911/02 Infected haematoma.
This advice has a minor modification to correspond with an update in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition.
[Effective 01 July 2015, ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ASC 9th Ed.]
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WA Coding Rules are a requirement of the Clinical Coding Policy MP0056/17
Western Australian Coding Rule
0911/02 Infected haematoma
Q.
How should infected haematoma of a surgical wound be coded (perianal abscess excision site)?
A.
Infected haematoma of surgical wound should be coded: T81.0 Haemorrhage and haematoma complicating a procedure NEC T81.41 Wound infection following a procedure followed by any appropriate infectious agent code (if present) and external cause codes. For infected traumatic haematomas, assign first a code for the haematoma, followed by T79.3 Post traumatic wound infection NEC along with the any appropriate infectious agent code (if present) and external cause codes.
DECISION
Infected haematoma of surgical wound should be coded: T81.0 Haemorrhage and haematoma complicating a procedure NEC T81.41 Wound infection following a procedure followed by appropriate external cause codes.
[Effective 21 Sep 2011, ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ASC 7th Ed.]
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