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T82

Non-billable

Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

T82 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (10)

T82.0Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesis→T82.1Mechanical complication of cardiac electronic device→T82.2Mechanical complication of coronary artery bypass graft and biological heart valve graft→T82.3Mechanical complication of other vascular grafts→T82.4Mechanical complication of vascular dialysis catheter→T82.5Mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants→T82.6Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis→T82.7Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts→T82.8Other specified complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts→T82.9Unspecified complication of cardiac and vascular prosthetic device, implant and graft→