T83.71Erosion of implanted mesh and other prosthetic materials to surrounding organ or tissue

T83.71 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for erosion of implanted mesh and other prosthetic materials to surrounding organ or tissue. It belongs to category T83 (complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts), block T80-T88 (complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T83.7, choose T83.71 (Erosion of implanted mesh and other prosthetic materials to surrounding organ or tissue) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: exposure of implanted mesh and other prosthetic materials into surrounding organ or tissue (T83.72) and other specified complications due to other genitourinary prosthetic materials (T83.79).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.