T82.6 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis

The ICD 10 Code for Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis is listed as T82.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	T82.6
Description:	Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis Use additional code to identify infection

Chapter	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Block	Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)
Parent	T82 - Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T82.6:
T82.0 - Mechanical complication of heart valve prosthesis
T82.1 - Mechanical complication of cardiac electronic device
T82.2 - Mechanical complication of coronary artery bypass graft and biological heart valve graft
T82.3 - Mechanical complication of other vascular grafts
T82.4 - Mechanical complication of vascular dialysis catheter
T82.5 - Mechanical complication of other cardiac and vascular devices and implants
T82.7 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts
T82.8 - Other specified complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T82.9 - Unspecified complication of cardiac and vascular prosthetic device, implant and graft