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T83.018

T83.018: Breakdown (mechanical) of other urinary catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T83.018 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for breakdown (mechanical) of other urinary 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 T83

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Inclusion terms

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

  • Breakdown (mechanical) of Hopkins catheter
  • Breakdown (mechanical) of ileostomy catheter
  • Breakdown (mechanical) urostomy catheter

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T83.018

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

Written on T83.0: Mechanical complication of urinary catheter

  • complications of stoma of urinary tract (N99.5-)

Written on T83: Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts

  • failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Malfunction›catheter device NEC›urinary
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›Hopkins
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›ileostomy
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›urinary NEC
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›urostomy
  • Complication›catheter NEC›urinary NEC›breakdown

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T83.018

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T83.01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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