T84.498 — Other mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts
T84.498 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts. 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 T84
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T84.498 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 T84.498 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 T84.498.
- Complication›electronic stimulator device›muscle›mechanical NEC
- Complication›orthopedic›device or implant›mechanical NEC
- Complication›orthopedic›device or implant›obstruction
- Complication›orthopedic›device or implant›perforation
- Complication›orthopedic›device or implant›protrusion
Code to one of these instead T84.498
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.498AOther mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter
- T84.498DOther mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts, subsequent encounter
- T84.498SOther mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.49. If T84.498 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about T84.498
- Is T84.498 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.498 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.498 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).