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T85.09XA
Billable

Other mechanical complication of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt (initial encounter)

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

Inclusion Terms

3 items
  • Obstruction (mechanical) of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
  • Perforation of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
  • Protrusion of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt

Billable Code

T85.09XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for brain shunt
brain shunt
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

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etoposide shunt
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Etoposide Administration

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etoposide shunt malfunction
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Mechanical Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

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etoposide shunt status
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Status

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

3 items

From T85.09:

  • Obstruction (mechanical) of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
  • Perforation of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
  • Protrusion of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

1 item

From T85:

  • failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

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

7th Character Notes

4 items

From T85:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T85
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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