T85.5
T85.5 — Mechanical complication of gastrointestinal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T85.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for mechanical complication of gastrointestinal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts. 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
Risk adjustment
T85.5 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.
Code to one of these instead T85.5
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T85. If T85.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T85.0Mechanical complication of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
- T85.1Mechanical complication of implanted electronic stimulator of nervous system
- T85.2Mechanical complication of intraocular lens
- T85.3Mechanical complication of other ocular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- T85.4Mechanical complication of breast prosthesis and implant
- T85.6Mechanical complication of other specified internal and external prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- T85.7Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- T85.8Other specified complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, not elsewhere classified
- T85.9Unspecified complication of internal prosthetic device, implant and graft
Questions about T85.5
- Is T85.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T85.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T85.5 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).