Is T83.592 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. T83.592 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does T83.592 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).

T83.592

T83.592 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling ureteral stent

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T83.592 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling ureteral stent. 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

Risk adjustment

T83.592 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 T83.592 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 T83.592.

Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›urinary NEC›indwelling ureteral stent
Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›urinary NEC›indwelling ureteral stent

Code to one of these instead T83.592

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T83.59. If T83.592 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T83.592

Is T83.592 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. T83.592 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does T83.592 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).