2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T85.02XA

Displacement of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt, initial encounter

ICD-10-CM Code:
T85.02XA
ICD-10 Code for:
Displacement of ventricular intracranial shunt, init
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
    (S00–T88)
    • Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
      (T80-T88)
      • Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
        (T85)

T85.02XA is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of displacement of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt, initial encounter. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

T85.02XA is an initial encounter code, includes a 7th character and should be used while the patient is receiving active treatment for a condition like displacement of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines an "initial encounter" doesn't necessarily means "initial visit". The 7th character should be used when the patient is undergoing active treatment regardless if new or different providers saw the patient over the course of a treatment. The appropriate 7th character codes should also be used even if the patient delayed seeking treatment for a condition.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Brain ventricular shunt displacement
  • Brain ventricular shunt malposition
  • Disorder of brain ventricular shunt
  • Disorder of brain ventricular shunt
  • Mechanical complication of nervous system device, implant AND/OR graft
  • Mechanical complication of nervous system implant
  • Mechanical complication of ventricular communicating shunt

Clinical Classification

Coding Guidelines

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from block Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T85). Use the following options for the aplicable episode of care:

  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela

Convert T85.02XA to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 996.2 - Malfun neuro device/graf
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.