T85.618 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T85.618 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts. 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
Risk adjustment
T85.618 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 T85.618 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 T85.618.
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›catheter NEC
- Breakdown›device, graft or implant›specified NEC
- Complication›prosthetic device or implant›specified NEC›mechanical›breakdown
- Complication›prosthetic device or implant›specified NEC›mechanical›malfunction
Code to one of these instead T85.618
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T85.618ABreakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter
- T85.618DBreakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, subsequent encounter
- T85.618SBreakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T85.61. If T85.618 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- T85.615Breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft
Questions about T85.618
- Is T85.618 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T85.618 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T85.618 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).