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T85.732

T85.732: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve, electrode (lead)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.732 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve, electrode (lead). 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.

  • Infection and inflammatory reaction due to electrode (lead) for cranial nerve neurostimulators
  • Infection and inflammatory reaction due to electrode (lead) for gastric neurostimulator
  • Infection and inflammatory reaction due to electrode (lead) for sacral nerve neurostimulator
  • Infection and inflammatory reaction due to electrode (lead) for vagal nerve neurostimulators

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.732

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›electronic stimulator device›peripheral nerve›infection and inflammation
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›gastrointestinal›neurostimulator electrode(lead)
  • Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›gastrointestinal›neurostimulator electrode(lead)
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›gastrointestinal›neurostimulator electrode(lead)
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›cranial nerve
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›gastric nerve
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›peripheral nerve
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›sacral nerve
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›vagal nerve
  • Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›peripheral nerve
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›cranial nerve
  • Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system›gastric nerve

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead T85.732

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under T85.73

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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