T85.690 — Other mechanical complication of cranial or spinal infusion catheter
T85.690 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other mechanical complication 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.
- Other mechanical complication of epidural infusion catheter
- Other mechanical complication of intrathecal infusion catheter
- Other mechanical complication of subarachnoid infusion catheter
- Other mechanical complication of subdural infusion catheter
Risk adjustment
T85.690 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 T85.690 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 T85.690.
- Complication›prosthetic device or implant›mechanical NEC›subdural catheter(infusion)
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›cranial
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›epidural
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›intrathecal
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›spinal
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›subarachnoid
- Malfunction›catheter device NEC›infusion NEC›subdural
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›malfunction
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›obstruction
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›perforation
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›protrusion
- Complication›catheter NEC›cranial infusion›mechanical›specified NEC
Code to one of these instead T85.690
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T85.69. If T85.690 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T85.691Other mechanical complication of intraperitoneal dialysis catheter
- T85.692Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures
- T85.693Other mechanical complication of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis
- T85.694Other mechanical complication of insulin pump
- T85.695Other mechanical complication of other nervous system device, implant or graft
- T85.698Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Questions about T85.690
- Is T85.690 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T85.690 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T85.690 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).