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T85.71

T85.71: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis 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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.71

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

  • Complication›catheter NEC›intraperitoneal dialysis›infection and inflammation
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›catheter›dialysis›intraperitoneal
  • Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›catheter NEC›dialysis›intraperitoneal
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›catheter NEC›dialysis›intraperitoneal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T85.71

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T85.7

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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