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
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
- T85.610Breakdown (mechanical) of cranial or spinal infusion catheter
- 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
- T85.618Breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts