T80.218A

Other infection due to central venous catheter, initial encounter

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 11 never code together

T80.2code

Excludes2

infections specified as due to prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82.6-T82.7, T83.5-T83.6, T84.5-T84.7, T85.7)T82.6-T82.7 T83.5-T83.6 T84.5-T84.7 T85.7
postprocedural infections (T81.4-)T81.4-

T80code

Excludes2

bone marrow transplant rejection (T86.01)T86.01
febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (R50.84)R50.84
fluid overload due to transfusion (E87.71)E87.71
posttransfusion purpura (D69.51)D69.51
transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) (E87.71)E87.71
transfusion (red blood cell) associated hemochromatosis (E83.111)E83.111
transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) (J95.84)J95.84

S00-T88chapter

Excludes2

birth trauma (P10-P15)P10-P15
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)O70-O71

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3

A initial encounter this code

D subsequent encounter

S sequela

Instructional notes 7

T80.2code

Use additional code

code to identify the specific infection, such as:
sepsis (A41.9)A41.9
code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicableR65.2-

T80code

Includes

complications following perfusion

S00-T88chapter

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use additional code

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-

Index entries leading here 1 filed at T80.218

The index files this at T80.218. The tabular extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries lead to the family rather than to T80.218A exactly.

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- central line-associated T80.219
  - specified NEC T80.218
- due to or resulting from
  - central venous catheter T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218
  - Hickman catheter T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218
  - peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218
  - portacath (port-a-cath) T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218
  - triple lumen catheter T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218
  - umbilical venous catheter T80.219
    - specified NEC T80.218

Alongside this code 2 same parent — T80.218

T80.218D Other infection due to central venous catheter, subs encntr T80.218S Other infection due to central venous catheter, sequela

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: T80.218
Block: T07-T88
Siblings: 2

Present FY2024–FY2027.