ICD-10-CM Code T86.29
Other complications of heart transplant
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T86.29 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of T86.29 that describes the diagnosis 'other complications of heart transplant' in more detail.
- T86.29 Other complications of heart transplant NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code T86 is used to code Transplant rejection
Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system, which destroys the transplanted tissue. Transplant rejection can be lessened by determining the molecular similitude between donor and recipient and by use of immunosuppressant drugs after transplant.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Code: | D006084 |
Micrograph showing lung transplant rejection. Lung biopsy. H&E stain.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T86.29 - Other complications of heart transplant'
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Parent Code: T86.2 - Complications of heart transplant