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T85.731 ICD-10-CM Code: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead)

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 implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T85.731). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T85.731 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), electronic stimulator device, brain, infection and inflammation
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), due to or resulting from, device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), due to device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain
  • Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), due to device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on T85.731 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead)
    FY2017 changes

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of T85.731 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]
  • T80-T88 — Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified [Hierarchy]

Index entries

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), electronic stimulator device, brain, infection and inflammation[Index term]
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), due to or resulting from, device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain[Index term]
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), due to device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain[Index term]
  • Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism), due to device, implant or graft, electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator), nervous system, brain[Index term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • T85 — Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts [Sibling]
  • T85.695D — Other mechanical complication of other nervous system device, implant or graft, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.695S — Other mechanical complication of other nervous system device, implant or graft, sequela [Sibling]
  • T85.698 — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts [Sibling]
  • T85.698A — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.698D — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • T85.698S — Other mechanical complication of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, sequela [Sibling]
  • T85.7 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can T85.731 be billed directly?

No. T85.731 (Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead)) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does T85.731 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 T85.731 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • T85.73 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to nervous system devices, implants and graft
  • T85.730 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
  • T85.730A — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt, initial encounter
  • T85.730D — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt, subsequent encounter
  • T85.730S — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt, sequela
  • T85.731A — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead), initial encounter
  • T85.731D — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead), subsequent encounter
  • T85.731S — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead), sequela
  • T85.732 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve, electrode (lead)
  • T85.732A — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve, electrode (lead), initial encounter

View all codes in the T85 family