ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
T85.734Infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator
T85.734 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 3 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.Short description: I/I react d/t implnt elec nstim, generator
Code last changed in FY2017 (effective October 1, 2016). Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About T85.734
T85.734 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator. It belongs to category T85 (complications of other internal 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.
Within T85.73 (infection and inflammatory reaction due to nervous system devices, implants and graft), T85.734 is specifically for infection and inflammatory reaction due to implanted electronic neurostimulator, generator. Related codes cover ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt (T85.730), implanted electronic neurostimulator of brain, electrode (lead) (T85.731), implanted electronic neurostimulator of peripheral nerve, electrode (lead) (T85.732), implanted electronic neurostimulator of spinal cord, electrode (lead) (T85.733), cranial or spinal infusion catheter (T85.735) and other nervous system device, implant or graft (T85.738).
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 was added in FY2017, effective October 1, 2016.
7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T85
Coding notes
- Generator pocket infection
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to T85.734.
› From T85.7 Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- code to identify infection
› From T85 Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
- failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
Broader instructions also apply from T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified and Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Alphabetic index entries
5 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to T85.734.
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator) › nervous system › generator pocket
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator) › nervous system › neurostimulator generator
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › generator pocket, implanted electronic neurostimulator
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › due to device, implant or graft › electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator) › nervous system › neurostimulator generator
- Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) › due to device, implant or graft › electronic (electrode) (pulse generator) (stimulator) › nervous system › neurostimulator generator
Codes whose notes reference T85.734
- T83.590Excludes2
Code history
- 2016
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- 2026
- 2027
- FY2017 (effective 10/1/2016): Added
- No changes since FY2017.
Common questions about T85.734
Is T85.734 billable?
- No. T85.734 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.