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ICD-10-CM Code T86.8
Complications of other transplanted organs and tissues

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code T86.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of T86.8 that describes the diagnosis 'complications of other transplanted organs and tissues' in more detail.


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.

Source: Wikipedia

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Hyperacute graft rejection (finding)
  • Moderate cellular graft rejection (finding)
  • Corneal subepithelial allograft rejection (disorder)
  • Corneal epithelial allograft rejection (disorder)

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

  • Possible requirement for an external cause code

Parent Code: T86 - Complications of transplanted organs and tissue

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Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/T868