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T85.615

T85.615: Breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.615 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft. 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 intrathecal infusion pump

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.615

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

  • Malfunction›intrathecal infusion pump
  • Malfunction›nervous system device, implant or graft, specified NEC
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›intrathecal infusion pump
  • Breakdown›device, graft or implant›nervous system, specified device NEC
  • Complication›intrathecal infusion pump›mechanical›breakdown
  • Complication›nervous system›device, implant or graft›specified NEC›mechanical›breakdown

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T85.615

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T85.61

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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