Corneal transplant infection, unspecified eye
Billable / specific
T86.8429 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from T86)
- Note: 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
- Note: 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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- mechanical complications of corneal graft (T85.3-) (from T86.84)
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from T86)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from T86)
- any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as: (from T86)
- artificial opening status (Z93.-) (from T86)
- closure of external stoma (Z43.-) (from T86)
- fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-) (from T86)
- burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32) (from T86)
- complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from T86)
- mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850) (from T86)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6) (from T86)
- postprocedural fever (R50.82) (from T86)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as: (from T86)
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0) (from T86)
- colostomy malfunction (K94.0-) (from T86)
- disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87) (from T86)
- functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1) (from T86)
- 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.-) (from T86)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-) (from T86)
- postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1) (from T86)
- postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1) (from T86)
- postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2) (from T86)
- postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2) (from T86)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851) (from T86)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to specify infection (from T86.842)
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from T86)
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) (from T86)
- code(s) to identify the specified condition resulting from the complication (from T86)
- code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82) (from T86)
- code to identify other transplant complications, such as: (from T86)
- graft-versus-host disease (D89.81-) (from T86)
- malignancy associated with organ transplant (C80.2) (from T86)
- post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) (D47.Z1) (from T86)
Parent code
- T86.842Corneal transplant infectionHeader