T86.848Other complications of corneal transplant

T86.848 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other complications of corneal transplant. It belongs to category T86 (complications of transplanted organs and tissue), 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 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T86.84, choose T86.848 (Other complications of corneal transplant) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: corneal transplant rejection (T86.840), corneal transplant failure (T86.841), corneal transplant infection (T86.842) and unspecified complication of corneal transplant (T86.849).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: T86.8481 (right eye), T86.8482 (left eye), T86.8483 (bilateral) and T86.8489 (unspecified eye).

Use an additional code to identify other transplant complications, such as: graft-versus-host disease (D89.81-), malignancy associated with organ transplant (C80.2) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) (D47.Z1).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2021 (expanded into subcodes).

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 996.79 (other complications due to other internal prosthetic device, implant, and graft).