T83.0
Header — not billableMechanical complication of urinary catheter
The ICD-10 code for mechanical complication of urinary catheter is T83.0.
T83.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- complications of stoma of urinary tract (N99.5-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- T83.1Mechanical complication of other urinary devices and implantsnon-billable header
- T83.2Mechanical complication of graft of urinary organnon-billable header
- T83.3Mechanical complication of intrauterine contraceptive devicenon-billable header
- T83.4Mechanical complication of other prosthetic devices, implants and grafts of genital tractnon-billable header
- T83.5Infection and inflammatory reaction due to prosthetic device, implant and graft in urinary systemnon-billable header
- T83.6Infection and inflammatory reaction due to prosthetic device, implant and graft in genital tractnon-billable header
- T83.7Complications due to implanted mesh and other prosthetic materialsnon-billable header
- T83.8Other specified complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and graftsnon-billable header
- T83.9Unspecified complication of genitourinary prosthetic device, implant and graft
- T83.0Mechanical complication of urinary catheternon-billable header