Is T85.620 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. T85.620 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does T85.620 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).

T85.620

T85.620 — Displacement of cranial or spinal infusion catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.620 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displacement 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.

Displacement of epidural infusion catheter
Displacement of intrathecal infusion catheter
Displacement of subarachnoid infusion catheter
Displacement of subdural infusion catheter

Risk adjustment

T85.620 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 T85.620 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 T85.620.

Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›malposition
Complication›catheter NEC›epidural infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›epidural infusion›mechanical›malposition
Complication›catheter NEC›intrathecal infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›intrathecal infusion›mechanical›malposition
Complication›catheter NEC›spinal infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›spinal infusion›mechanical›malposition
Complication›catheter NEC›subarachnoid infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›subarachnoid infusion›mechanical›malposition
Complication›catheter NEC›subdural infusion›mechanical›displacement
Complication›catheter NEC›subdural infusion›mechanical›malposition

Code to one of these instead T85.620

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T85.62. If T85.620 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T85.620

Is T85.620 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. T85.620 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does T85.620 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).