T82.6
ICD-10Non-billable categoryInfect/inflm reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis
T82.6 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
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Related codes in T82
- T82.0Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesiscategory
- T82.1Mechanical complication of cardiac electronic devicecategory
- T82.2Mech comp of cor art bypass and biolg heart valve graftcategory
- T82.3Mechanical complication of other vascular graftscategory
- T82.4Mechanical complication of vascular dialysis cathetercategory
- T82.5Mechanical comp of cardiac and vascular devices and implantscategory
- T82.7Infect/inflm reaction due to oth cardi/vasc dev/implnt/grftcategory
- T82.8Oth complications of cardiac and vascular prosth dev/grftcategory
- T82.9Unsp complication of cardiac and vascular prosth dev/grftcategory
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- Parent code
- T82
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.