T86.81
Header — not billableComplications of lung transplant
The ICD-10 code for complications of lung transplant is T86.81.
T86.81 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 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).
- complication of heart-lung transplant (T86.3-)
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
- T86.82Complications of skin graft (allograft) (autograft)non-billable header
- T86.83Complications of bone graftnon-billable header
- T86.84Complications of corneal transplantnon-billable header
- T86.85Complication of intestine transplantnon-billable header
- T86.89Complications of other transplanted tissuenon-billable header
- T86.81Complications of lung transplantnon-billable header