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T85.71 ICD-10-CM Code: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T85.71). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T85.71 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

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 to identify infection
  • 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)

Indexed Clinical Terms (4)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), catheter NEC (device), intraperitoneal dialysis, infection and inflammation
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), due to or resulting from, device, implant or graft, catheter NEC, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), due to device, implant or graft, catheter, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal
  • Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), due to device, implant or graft, catheter NEC, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on T85.71 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Not billable as written — a more specific code is required.
  • Requires a 7th character. "The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T85" Options: T85.71XA, T85.71XD, T85.71XS

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

Contextual Map

Every relationship of T85.71 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.

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 — Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) (S00-T88) [Hierarchy]

Index entries

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), catheter NEC (device), intraperitoneal dialysis, infection and inflammation[Index term]
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), due to or resulting from, device, implant or graft, catheter NEC, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal[Index term]
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), due to device, implant or graft, catheter, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal[Index term]
  • Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), due to device, implant or graft, catheter NEC, dialysis (renal), intraperitoneal[Index term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • T85 — Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts [Sibling]
  • T85.692A — Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.692D — Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.692S — Other mechanical complication of permanent sutures, sequela [Sibling]
  • T85.693 — Other mechanical complication of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis [Sibling]
  • T85.693A — Other mechanical complication of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.693D — Other mechanical complication of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.693S — Other mechanical complication of artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can T85.71 be billed directly?

No. T85.71 (Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does T85.71 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T85.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to T85.71 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • T85.698 — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T85.698A — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter
  • T85.698D — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, subsequent encounter
  • T85.698S — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, sequela
  • T85.7 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
  • T85.71XA — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter, initial encounter
  • T85.71XD — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter, subsequent encounter
  • T85.71XS — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter, sequela
  • T85.72 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to insulin pump
  • T85.72XA — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to insulin pump, initial encounter

View all codes in the T85 family