Z98.2

Billable
ChapterZ00–Z99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Presence of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services (Z00-Z99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Presence of CSF shunt
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
View Z77-Z99 NotesView Z98 Notes

Clinical Hierarchy

CH21Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Z77-Z99Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
Z98Other postprocedural states
Z98.2Presence of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to Z98.2:

categoryZ98
Other postprocedural states
View context instructions
blockZ77-Z99
Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to Z98.2. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

9 raw paths
Device2 unique routes
cerebral ventricle (communicating) in situ→Z98.2
drainage, cerebrospinal fluid, in situ→Z98.2
Presence (of)2 unique routes
cerebrospinal fluid drainage device→Z98.2
CSF shunt→Z98.2
Shunt1 unique routes
cerebral ventricle (communicating) in situ→Z98.2
Status (post)2 unique routes
shunt(2 variants)
cerebrospinal fluid→Z98.2
ventricular (communicating) ( for drainage)→Z98.2
Valve, valvular (formation)1 unique routes
cerebral ventricle (communicating) in situ→Z98.2
Ventriculostomy status1 unique routes
Direct index entry→Z98.2

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 951
Other Factors Influencing Health Status

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