T82.0
Header — not billableMechanical complication of heart valve prosthesis
The ICD-10 code for mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesis is T82.0.
T82.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- mechanical complication of biological heart valve graft (T82.22-)
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Mechanical complication of artificial heart valve
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- T82.1Mechanical complication of cardiac electronic devicenon-billable header
- T82.2Mechanical complication of coronary artery bypass graft and biological heart valve graftnon-billable header
- T82.3Mechanical complication of other vascular graftsnon-billable header
- T82.4Mechanical complication of vascular dialysis catheternon-billable header
- T82.5Mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header
- 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 graftsnon-billable header
- T82.9Unspecified complication of cardiac and vascular prosthetic device, implant and graft
- T82.0Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesisnon-billable header