T85.610

T85.610: Breakdown (mechanical) of cranial or spinal infusion catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.610

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

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