T85.738

T85.738: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other nervous system device, implant or graft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

T85.738 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to other nervous system device, implant or graft. 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 intrathecal infusion pump

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T85.738

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›intrathecal infusion pump›infection and inflammation
Complication›electronic stimulator device›nervous system›infection and inflammation
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system
Sepsis›due to device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system
Complication›nervous system›device, implant or graft›specified NEC›infection and inflammation
Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›device, implant or graft›electronic›nervous system