(998.59)

Other postoperative infection (998.59)

ICD-9 code 998.59 for Other postoperative infection is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -COMPLICATIONS OF SURGICAL AND MEDICAL CARE, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED (996-999).

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