K95.81 Infection due to other bariatric procedure

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Use additional code

• code to specify type of infection or organism, such as:
• bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95.-, B96.-)
• cellulitis of abdominal wall (L03.311)
• sepsis (A40.-, A41.-)

Applies from K95.8 Complications of other bariatric procedure

Excludes1 (never code together)

• complications of gastric band surgery (K95.0-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 393-395 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 539.81 Infection due to other bariatric procedure

Code annotations containing back-references to K95.81

Back-references to K95

• Type 2 Excludes: K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified ("complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K95.81

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › bariatric procedure › specified procedure NEC › infection

Nearby codes

• K95 Complications of bariatric procedures
• K95.0 Complications of gastric band procedure
• K95.01 Infection due to gastric band procedure
• K95.09 Other complications of gastric band procedure
• K95.8 Complications of other bariatric procedure
• K95.81 Infection due to other bariatric procedure (this code)
• K95.89 Other complications of other bariatric procedure