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T84.310 ICD-10-CM Code: Breakdown (mechanical) of electronic bone stimulator

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Billing Status: NO. This is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code: report a more specific billable code beneath it.

Coding at a Glance

7th character
Required — see the character table on this page
Tabular directives
24 Excludes2 · 3 use-additional codes

Not billable · FY2027A non-billable heading in the tabular list: report a more specific code beneath it.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

Use additional codeReport with this code when documented
  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication
  • code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)
Excludes2Not included here; may be reported together
  • other complications of bone graft (T86.83-)
  • failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissues (T86.-)
  • fracture of bone following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis or bone plate (M96.6)
  • any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:

+20 more in Instructions

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for T84.310 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on T84.310 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • Use additional code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication
  • Use additional code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)

Source: inherited from T80-T88

7th Character Guide

"The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T84"

  • A — initial encounter
  • D — subsequent encounter
  • S — sequela

How the encounter character is assigned. “Initial encounter” means the patient is receiving active treatment for the condition — it is not limited to the first visit, and a different or new provider giving active treatment still assigns it. “Subsequent encounter” covers care during the healing or recovery phase after active treatment. “Sequela” is for complications or conditions that arise as a direct result of the original condition.

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section I.C.19.a (paraphrased by MedCoder).

Variant codes in this family

T84.310A, T84.310D, T84.310S

Character meanings are CMS's official 7th-character extensions for this family, as carried in each variant code's official description; variant codes are registry rows. The explanation of how the encounter character is assigned is MedCoder editorial, distinct from the official content above it.

Coder workflow for T84.310

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code T84.310

  1. T84.310 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

    ReviewT84.310A, T84.310D, T84.310S

    See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

  2. A 7th character is required in this family. Confirm the documented encounter: initial (active treatment), subsequent (healing or recovery phase), or sequela. T84.310 is not valid without one. “Initial” means active treatment, not the first visit (Guidelines I.C.19.a).

    See the 7th Character Guide · Guide: 7th characters: initial, subsequent, sequela →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath T84.310?
    Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
    No → T84.310 cannot be reported as written; query for the specificity its subcategory needs.

    ReviewT84.310A, T84.310D, T84.310S

  2. Is the encounter phase documented — active treatment, healing or recovery, or a sequela?
    Yes → Assign the matching 7th character; the variant codes are in the 7th Character Guide.
    No → The code is invalid without its 7th character — query for the missing element.

Consider T84.310. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Encounter type
Active treatment, healing or recovery phase, or sequela — the basis of the 7th character (Guidelines I.C.19.a).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of T84.310(24 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in T84.310. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareT86.83, T86, M96.6, Z93, Z43, Z44

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying T84.310(3 notes)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with T84.310 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: The patient returns during the healing or recovery phase after active treatment of the same condition.

Coding question: Which 7th character applies?

Path: Review the official 7th-character definitions for this family in the 7th Character Guide.

Reason: “Initial encounter” means active treatment, not the first visit; care during recovery takes “subsequent encounter”, and a complication arising from the original condition takes “sequela” (Guidelines I.C.19.a).

Documentation: A condition the Use Additional Code note names is documented.

Coding question: Is a second code reported with T84.310?

Path: Review the Use Additional Code note and the code it names.

Reason: The additional code is reported when the record documents the condition; a conditional instruction applies only when its condition is met (Guidelines I.A.13).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse T84.310 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of T84.310 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • T84.310A— Encounter relationship (Review)

    Same underlying diagnosis, different encounter phase.

    The same diagnosis at a different phase of care; one encounter takes one 7th character.

    What moves you there: Documentation of a initial encounter moves the case to T84.310A.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs T84.310A →

  • T84.310D— Encounter relationship (Review)

    Same underlying diagnosis, different encounter phase.

    The same diagnosis at a different phase of care; one encounter takes one 7th character.

    What moves you there: Documentation of a subsequent encounter moves the case to T84.310D.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs T84.310D →

  • T86.83— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of other complications of bone graft adds T86.83; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs T86.83 →

  • T86— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of other complications of bone graft adds T86; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs T86 →

  • M96.6— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of fracture of bone following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis or bone plate adds M96.6; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs M96.6 →

  • Z93— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of artificial opening status adds Z93; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: T84.310 vs Z93 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Breakdown (mechanical) of electronic bone stimulator is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T84.310). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. A 7th character applies in this family. Confirm the documented encounter matches the character assigned. See the official 7th-character definitions and this code’s variants
  2. 3 Use Additional Code instructions — report the named additional code(s) when the documentation supports them. See the Use Additional Code notes
  3. 24 Excludes2 entries — those conditions are not part of this code and may be reported additionally when documented. See the Excludes2 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name T84.310 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 5 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: T85.612 — Breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures (via T84.-), T85.622 — Displacement of permanent sutures (via T84.-), T85.692 — Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures (via T84.-), T88.7 — Unspecified adverse effect of drug or medicament (via T84.-), Z97 — Presence of other devices (via T84.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 11 Excludes2 notes across 3 chapters: M96 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified (via T84.-), M96.6 — Fracture of bone following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis, or bone plate (via T84.-), T78 — Adverse effects, not elsewhere classified (via T84.-), T79 — Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified (via T84.-), T80.2 — Infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (via T84.-), T81 — Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (via T84.-), T81.4 — Infection following a procedure (via T84.-), T81.59 — Other complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure (via T84.-), T86.83 — Complications of bone graft (via T84.3.-), T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (via T84.-), Z96 — Presence of other functional implants (via T84.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Related Codes

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Breakdown”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

T83.012 — Breakdown (mechanical) of nephrostomy catheter (device, graft or implant, catheter NEC, nephrostomy), T83.018 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other urinary catheter (device, graft or implant, catheter NEC, Hopkins), T83.111 — Breakdown (mechanical) of implanted urinary sphincter (device, graft or implant, urinary NEC, sphincter, implanted), T83.112 — Breakdown (mechanical) of indwelling ureteral stent (device, graft or implant, urinary NEC, stent, ureteral indwelling), T83.113 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other urinary stents (device, graft or implant, urinary NEC, stent), T83.118 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other urinary devices and implants (device, graft or implant, urinary NEC), T83.21 — Breakdown (mechanical) of graft of urinary organ (device, graft or implant, urinary NEC, graft), T83.31 — Breakdown (mechanical) of intrauterine contraceptive device (device, graft or implant, genital NEC, intrauterine contraceptive device), T83.410 — Breakdown (mechanical) of implanted penile prosthesis (device, graft or implant, genital NEC, penile prosthesis), T83.411 — Breakdown (mechanical) of implanted testicular prosthesis (device, graft or implant, genital NEC, testicular prosthesis), T83.418 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other prosthetic devices, implants and grafts of genital tract (device, graft or implant, genital NEC), T85.01 — Breakdown (mechanical) of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt (device, graft or implant, ventricular intracranial shunt), T85.41 — Breakdown (mechanical) of breast prosthesis and implant (device, graft or implant, breast), T85.610 — Breakdown (mechanical) of cranial or spinal infusion catheter (device, graft or implant, catheter NEC, infusion NEC, spinal), T85.611 — Breakdown (mechanical) of intraperitoneal dialysis catheter (device, graft or implant, catheter NEC, dialysis, intraperitoneal), T85.612 — Breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures (device, graft or implant, sutures, permanent), T85.615 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft (device, graft or implant, intrathecal infusion pump), T85.618 — Breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (device, graft or implant), T85.890 — Other specified complication of nervous system prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (device, graft or implant, subcutaneous device pocket, nervous system prosthetic device, implant, or graft), T85.898 — Other specified complication of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (device, graft or implant, subcutaneous device pocket, other internal prosthetic device, implant, or graft), +12 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of T84.310 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (11)

Index entries

  • Breakdown, device, graft or implant, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), bone[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), electronic stimulator device, bone, breakdown[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), electronic stimulator device, bone, malfunction[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Common coding questions

MedCoder editorial

Can T84.310 be billed directly?

No. T84.310 (Breakdown (mechanical) of electronic bone stimulator) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does T84.310 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T84.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Breakdown (mechanical) of electronic bone stimulator

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to T84.310 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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