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996.63 - Infection And Inflammatory Reaction Due To Nervous System Device, Implant, And Graft


The ICD 9 Code for Infection and inflammatory reaction due to nervous system device, implant, and graft is listed as 996.63.
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: 996.63
Long Description: Infection and inflammatory reaction due to nervous system device, implant, and graft
Short Description: React-nerv sys dev/graft
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified (996-999)
Related Descriptions: Brain ventricular shunt infection
Infection associated with neurological device
Infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Inflammation associated with neurological device
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt-associated peritonitis
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T85.79XA - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 996.63:
996.60 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified device, implant, and graft
996.61 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac device, implant, and graft
996.62 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other vascular device, implant, and graft
996.64 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to indwelling urinary catheter
996.65 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other genitourinary device, implant, and graft
996.66 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis
996.67 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic device, implant, and graft
996.68 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to peritoneal dialysis catheter
996.69 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic device, implant, and graft