T85.610 — Breakdown (mechanical) of cranial or spinal infusion catheter
T85.610 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for breakdown (mechanical) of cranial or spinal infusion 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 T85
- 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 epidural infusion catheter
- Breakdown (mechanical) of intrathecal infusion catheter
- Breakdown (mechanical) of subarachnoid infusion catheter
- Breakdown (mechanical) of subdural infusion catheter
Risk adjustment
T85.610 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 T85.610 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 T85.610.
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›cranial
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›epidural
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›intrathecal
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›spinal
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›subarachnoid
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›subdural
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›catheter NEC›epidural infusion›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›catheter NEC›intrathecal infusion›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›catheter NEC›spinal infusion›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›catheter NEC›subarachnoid infusion›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›catheter NEC›subdural infusion›mechanical›breakdown
Code to one of these instead T85.610
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T85.61. If T85.610 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T85.611Breakdown (mechanical) of intraperitoneal dialysis catheter
- T85.612Breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures
- T85.613Breakdown (mechanical) of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis
- T85.614Breakdown (mechanical) of insulin pump
- T85.615Breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft
- T85.618Breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Questions about T85.610
- Is T85.610 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T85.610 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T85.610 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).