T85.735

T85.735: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cranial or spinal infusion catheter

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.735 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to 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.

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to epidural catheter
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to intrathecal infusion catheter
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to subarachnoid catheter
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to subdural catheter

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.735

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›cranial infusion›infection and inflammation
Complication›catheter NEC›epidural infusion›infection and inflammation
Complication›catheter NEC›intrathecal infusion›infection and inflammation
Complication›catheter NEC›spinal infusion›infection and inflammation
Complication›catheter NEC›subarachnoid infusion›infection and inflammation
Complication›catheter NEC›subdural infusion›infection and inflammation
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›catheter›infusion›cranial
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›catheter›infusion›intrathecal
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›catheter›infusion›spinal(epidural) (subdural)
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›catheter›infusion›subarachnoid
Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›spinal(cranial) (epidural) (intrathecal) (spinal) (subarachnoid) (subdural)
Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›catheter NEC›infusion NEC›cranial