T86.298
BillableOther complications of heart transplant
HCC Category Mapping
V28HCC 221 — Heart Transplant Status/Complications
0.910V24HCC 186 — Major Organ Transplant or Replacement Status
0.910ESRDHCC 186 — Major Organ Transplant or Replacement Status
0.000RxHCCHCC 396 — Allograft Complications
0.000What This Code Means
Various other problems occur with a transplanted heart that are not rejection, failure, infection, or vasculopathy.
Coding Tips
Clinical Significance
This captures other specific heart transplant complications not classified elsewhere, including arrhythmias, pericardial disease, or drug toxicity that significantly impact patient care and graft function. These complications require specialized cardiothoracic expertise and may affect long-term transplant outcomes and quality of life.
Documentation Requirements
- ✓History of heart transplant with transplant date
- ✓Specific type of complication not elsewhere classified
- ✓Clinical presentation and diagnostic findings
- ✓Relationship to transplant procedure or medications
- ✓Diagnostic studies and interventions performed
- ✓Impact on cardiac function and patient status
- ✓Specialist consultations and treatment recommendations
- ✓Response to therapy and clinical outcomes
Commonly Confused Codes
T86.20 — Unspecified heart transplant complication (when specific type documented)T86.21-T86.23 — Specific complications of rejection, failure, or infectionT86.290 — Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (specific vascular complication)I49.9 — Cardiac arrhythmia (when transplant-related vs general)Z94.1 — Heart transplant status (routine follow-up vs complication)
Code Hierarchy
└T86Complications of transplanted organs and tissue└T86.2Complications of heart transplant└T86.29Other complications of heart transplant└T86.298Other complications of heart transplant
└T86.298Other complications of heart transplant