Question

question 5 (2.5 points) retake question a 22-year-old patient status post-surgery, lower right leg amputation (four days postoperatively) and developed a postoperative deep incisional wound infection. the patient quickly deteriorated and became septic, developed gas gangrene (gas bacillus infection) and went into postprocedural septic shock. with aggressive intravenous antibiotic management, the patient improved. what icd-10-cm codes are reported? t81.42xa, a48.0, t81.12xa r65.21, a48.0, t81.12xa r65.21, a48.0, t81.12xa t81.12xa, r65.21, a48.0

Explanation:

1. Postprocedural septic shock: R65.21 is the ICD-10-CM code for severe sepsis with septic shock due to a postprocedural infection.
2. Gas gangrene (gas bacillus infection): A48.0 is the specific code for gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens (gas bacillus).
3. Postoperative deep incisional wound infection: T81.12XA is the code for a deep incisional surgical site infection, initial encounter, which matches the patient's post-amputation wound infection.
4. Coding priority: The septic shock (R65.21) is the principal diagnosis, followed by the underlying infection (A48.0), then the surgical site infection (T81.12XA).

Answer:

R65.21, A48.0, T81.12XA