996.56 - Mechanical Complication Due To Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter

The ICD 9 Code for Mechanical complication due to peritoneal dialysis catheter is listed as 996.56.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	996.56
Long Description:	Mechanical complication due to peritoneal dialysis catheter
Short Description:	Comp-periton dialys cath

Chapter:	Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	T85.691A - Other mechanical complication of intraperitoneal dialysis catheter, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 996.56:
996.51 - Mechanical complication due to corneal graft
996.52 - Mechanical complication due to graft of other tissue, not elsewhere classified
996.53 - Mechanical complication due to ocular lens prosthesis
996.54 - Mechanical complication due to breast prosthesis
996.55 - Mechanical complication due to artificial skin graft and decellularized allodermis
996.57 - Mechanical complication due to insulin pump
996.59 - Mechanical complication due to other implant and internal device, not elsewhere classified