T85.615

Breakdown (mechanical) of other nervous system device, implant or graft

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 3 never code together

T85code

Excludes2

failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)T86.-

S00-T88chapter

Excludes2

birth trauma (P10-P15)P10-P15
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)O70-O71

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3

A initial encounter

D subsequent encounter

S sequela

Instructional notes 4

T85.615code

Inclusion terms

Breakdown (mechanical) of intrathecal infusion pump

S00-T88chapter

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use additional code

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-

Index entries leading here 3

Complication (s) (from) (of)
- intrathecal infusion pump
  - mechanical
    - breakdown T85.615
- nervous system G98.8
  - device, implant or graft — see also Complication, prosthetic device or implant, specified NEC
    - specified NEC
      - mechanical T85.695
        
        breakdown T85.615
Breakdown
- device, graft or implant T85.618
  - intrathecal infusion pump T85.615
  - nervous system, specified device NEC T85.615
Malfunction — see also Dysfunction
- intrathecal infusion pump T85.615
- nervous system device, implant or graft, specified NEC T85.615

Alongside this code 6 same parent — T85.61

T85.610 Breakdown of cranial or spinal infusion catheter category T85.611 Breakdown (mechanical) of intraperitoneal dialysis catheter category T85.612 Breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures category T85.613 Breakdown of artificial skin grft /decellular alloderm category T85.614 Breakdown (mechanical) of insulin pump category T85.618 Breakdown (mechanical) of internal prosth dev/grft category

Subordinate codes 3

T85.615A Brkdwn other nervous sys device, implant or graft, init T85.615D Brkdwn other nervous sys device, implant or graft, subs T85.615S Brkdwn other nervous sys device, implant or graft, sequela

Medications 5

1336 Nervous System Diseases drugs 131 Nervous System Neoplasms drugs 31 Trauma, Nervous System drugs 12 Nervous System Malformations drugs 693 Central Nervous System Diseases drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: no
Code set: FY2026
Parent: T85.61
Block: T07-T88
Siblings: 6
Subordinate: 3

Present FY2024–FY2027.