T82

Non-Billable
ChapterS00–T88
Rankcategory
Official Description

Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts

Metadata & Insights
  • 2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

CH19 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

T80-T88 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
  • artificial opening status (Z93.-)
  • closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
  • fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
  • burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
  • complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
  • poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
  • postprocedural fever (R50.82)
  • specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
  • cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
  • colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
  • disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
  • functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
  • intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
  • ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
  • postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
  • postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
  • postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
  • postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
  • ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Use Additional Code
  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication
  • code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
T80-T88Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
T82Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T82.0Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesis
T82.1Mechanical complication of cardiac electronic device
T82.2Mechanical complication of coronary artery bypass graft and biological heart valve graft
T82.3Mechanical complication of other vascular grafts
T82.4Mechanical complication of vascular dialysis catheter
T82.5Mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants
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 grafts
T82.9Unspecified complication of cardiac and vascular prosthetic device, implant and graft

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to T82:

blockT80-T88
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
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chapterCH19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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