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T80.218

T80.218: Other infection due to central venous catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T80.218 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other infection due to central venous catheter. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T80

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Other central line-associated infection
  • Other infection due to Hickman catheter
  • Other infection due to peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Other infection due to portacath (port-a-cath)
  • Other infection due to pulmonary artery catheter
  • Other infection due to triple lumen catheter
  • Other infection due to umbilical venous catheter

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T80.218

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on T80.2: Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection

Written on T80: Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection

  • bone marrow transplant rejection (T86.01)
  • febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction (R50.84)
  • fluid overload due to transfusion (E87.71)
  • posttransfusion purpura (D69.51)
  • transfusion associated circulatory overload (TACO) (E87.71)
  • transfusion (red blood cell) associated hemochromatosis (E83.111)
  • transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) (J95.84)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Infection, infected, infective›central line-associated›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›central venous catheter›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›Hickman catheter›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›peripherally inserted central catheter›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›portacath›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›triple lumen catheter›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›umbilical venous catheter›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T80.218

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T80.21

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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