T83.518 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other urinary catheter
Is T83.518 billable?
No — T83.518 is a non-billable header code. T83.518 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath T83.518.
Billable codes under this header
T83.518 at a glance
| Code | T83.518 |
|---|---|
| Description | Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other urinary catheter |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is T83.518 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to T83.518. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Complication › catheterNEC › urinary NEC › infection and inflammation (s) (from) (of)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › due to device, implant or graft › catheter › urinary (with exudation)
- Sepsis › due to device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary (generalized) (unspecified organism)
- Infection, infected, infective › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary (opportunistic)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › due to device, implant or graft › catheter › urinary › Hopkins (with exudation)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › due to device, implant or graft › catheter › urinary › ileostomy (with exudation)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › due to device, implant or graft › catheter › urinary › specified NEC (with exudation)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › due to device, implant or graft › catheter › urinary › urostomy (with exudation)
- Infection, infected, infective › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary › Hopkins (opportunistic)
- Infection, infected, infective › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary › ileostomy (opportunistic)
- Infection, infected, infective › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary › specified NEC (opportunistic)
- Infection, infected, infective › due to or resulting from › device, implant or graft › catheter NEC › urinary › urostomy (opportunistic)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to T83.518.
- Infection and inflammatory reaction due to Hopkins catheter
- Infection and inflammatory reaction due to ileostomy catheter
- Infection and inflammatory reaction due to urostomy catheter
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 19
Report an additional code alongside T83.518 to fully describe the condition. T83.518 is sequenced first.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Use additional code — inherited from T80-T88
Report an additional code alongside T83.518 to fully describe the condition. T83.518 is sequenced first.
Use additional code — inherited from T83.5
Report an additional code alongside T83.518 to fully describe the condition. T83.518 is sequenced first.
- code to identify infection
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 19
The conditions below are not part of T83.518, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, T83.518 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from T80-T88
The conditions below are not part of T83.518, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, T83.518 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
- artificial opening status (Z93.-)
- closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
- fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
- burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
- complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
- postprocedural fever (R50.82)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
- colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
- disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
- functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
- intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
- postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
- postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
- postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
- postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from T83
The conditions below are not part of T83.518, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, T83.518 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- failure and rejection of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from T83.51
The conditions below are not part of T83.518, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, T83.518 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- complications of stoma of urinary tract (N99.5-)
What codes fall under T83.518? (3)
How long has T83.518 existed?
T83.518 first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.