DEEP INCISIONAL SSI (2)    PERIOPERATIVE OCCURRENCE CATEGORY (136.5)

Definition Revised (2015):
   a surgeon when the patient has at least one of the following signs
   or symptoms: fever (>38 C), localized pain, or tenderness, unless
   site is culture-negative.
 - An abscess or other evidence of infection involving the deep 
   incision is found on direct examination, during reoperation, or by 
   histopathologic or radiologic examination.
 - Diagnosis of a deep incision SSI by a surgeon or attending 
   physician.
 
NOTE: Please consult with the operating surgeon for assignment of 
Deep Incision SSI is an infection that occurs within 30 days after the 
organ/space vs. deep wound infection occurrences. 
operation and the infection appears to be related to the operation and 
infection involved deep soft tissues (e.g., fascial and muscle layers) 
of the incision and at least one of the following: 
 
 - Purulent drainage from the deep incision but not from the 
   organ/space component of the surgical site.
 - A deep incision spontaneously dehisces or is deliberately opened by