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Official Description

Other and unspecified infection due to central venous catheter
Central line-associated infection

Infection due to:
central venous catheter NOS, Hickman catheter peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), portacath (port-a-cath), triple lumen catheter umbilical venous catheter
Excludes:  infection due to:
arterial catheter (996.62), catheter NOS (996.69),peripheral venous catheter (996.62), urinary catheter (996.64)
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