T82.522 — Displacement of artificial heart
T82.522 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displacement of artificial heart. 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 T82
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T82.522 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How T82.522 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T82.522.
- Complication›artificial›heart›mechanical›displacement
- Complication›artificial›heart›mechanical›malposition
Code to one of these instead T82.522
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T82.52. If T82.522 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T82.520Displacement of surgically created arteriovenous fistula
- T82.521Displacement of surgically created arteriovenous shunt
- T82.523Displacement of balloon (counterpulsation) device
- T82.524Displacement of infusion catheter
- T82.525Displacement of umbrella device
- T82.528Displacement of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants
- T82.529Displacement of unspecified cardiac and vascular devices and implants
Questions about T82.522
- Is T82.522 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T82.522 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T82.522 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88).