R50.82 (Postprocedural fever) compared with T82.838 (Hemorrhage due to vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts), from the official CMS tabular data. Both may be reported when both conditions are documented (Excludes2).
Distinct conditions — both may be reported.
“postprocedural fever (R50.82)”
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of the code above it, but a patient can have both. Report both when both are documented.
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes
Yes, when both are documented. T82.838 carries an Excludes2 note covering R50.82: “postprocedural fever (R50.82)”
Excludes2 marks distinct conditions — both may be reported when both are documented.
| R50.82Postprocedural fever | T82.838Hemorrhage due to vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Non-billable header |
| Classification | R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Postprocedural fever is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R50.82). | Hemorrhage due to vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T82.838). |
| 7th character | — | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T82 |
| Use additional code | — | code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82) |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources