T84.7 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T84.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic 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
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify infection
Risk adjustment
T84.7 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 T84.7 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 T84.7.
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›orthopedic NEC
- Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›orthopedic NEC
- Complication›bone›device NEC›infection or inflammation
- Complication›electronic stimulator device›bone›infection or inflammation
- Complication›electronic stimulator device›muscle›infection or inflammation
- Complication›graft›muscle›infection and inflammation
- Complication›graft›tendon›infection and inflammation
- Complication›orthopedic›device or implant›infection or inflammation
- Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›orthopedic NEC
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›bone
- Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›bone
- Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›electronic›bone
Code to one of these instead T84.7
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.7XXAInfection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter
- T84.7XXDInfection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, subsequent encounter
- T84.7XXSInfection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84. If T84.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.0Mechanical complication of internal joint prosthesis
- T84.1Mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bones of limb
- T84.2Mechanical complication of internal fixation device of other bones
- T84.3Mechanical complication of other bone devices, implants and grafts
- T84.4Mechanical complication of other internal orthopedic devices, implants and grafts
- T84.5Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis
- T84.6Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device
- T84.8Other specified complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- T84.9Unspecified complication of internal orthopedic prosthetic device, implant and graft
Questions about T84.7
- Is T84.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.7 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).