ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Postprocedural disorders of the respiratory system
Injury or harm arising from surgical or medical care, not...
NE81 — Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere...
NE81.2 — Surgical site infection
NE81.20 — Superficial incisional site infection

ICD-11 NE81.20 — Superficial incisional site infection

A surgical site infection involving only skin and subcutaneous tissue of the incision.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

It excludes 2 items.

  • Streptococcal cellulitis of skin (1B70.1)
  • Staphylococcal cellulitis of skin (1B70.2)

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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