T82.5
Header — not billableMechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants
The ICD-10 code for mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants is T82.5.
T82.5 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
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- mechanical complication of epidural and subdural infusion catheter (T85.61)
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under T82.5
- T82.51Breakdown (mechanical) of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header
- T82.52Displacement of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header
- T82.53Leakage of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header
- T82.59Other mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- T82.0Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesisnon-billable header
- 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
- T82.6Infection 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
- T82.5Mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implantsnon-billable header