T85.121

T85.121: Displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve electrode (lead)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.121 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displacement of implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve electrode (lead). 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 T85

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Displacement of electrode (lead) for cranial nerve neurostimulators
Displacement of electrode (lead) for gastric neurostimulator
Displacement of electrode (lead) for sacral nerve neurostimulator
Displacement of electrode (lead) for vagal nerve neurostimulators

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.121

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

Written on T85: Complications of other internal 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

Complication›electronic stimulator device›peripheral nerve›mechanical›displacement
Complication›electronic stimulator device›peripheral nerve›mechanical›malposition