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T80 › T80.8

T80.81 Extravasation of vesicant agent

Not billable (header)Chapter 19

This code needs a 7th character (use X as a placeholder for missing characters).

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Codes under this one

  • T80.810 Extravasation of vesicant antineoplastic chemotherapyHeader
  • T80.818 Extravasation of other vesicant agentHeader

Instructional notes

Chapter 19

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
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  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
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.

T80

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • bone marrow transplant rejection (T86.01)
  • febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (R50.84)
  • fluid overload due to transfusion (E87.71)
  • posttransfusion purpura (D69.51)
  • transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) (E87.71)
  • transfusion (red blood cell) associated hemochromatosis (E83.111)
  • transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) (J95.84)
Includes
  • complications following perfusion
7th charactersThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T80
  • A initial encounter
  • D subsequent encounter
  • S sequela

This code

Inclusion terms
  • Infiltration of vesicant agent

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · T07-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (T07-T88)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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