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T86.821

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Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) failure

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A skin graft (whether from a donor or the patient's own skin) fails to take or stops functioning after transplantation.

Coding Tips

  • •Distinguish between graft failure (graft does not survive) and graft rejection (immune response) in documentation
  • •Document whether the failure is complete or partial, and if re-grafting is planned

Code Hierarchy

└T86Complications of transplanted organs and tissue└T86.8Complications of other transplanted organs and tissues└T86.82Complications of skin graft (allograft) (autograft)└T86.821Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) failure
└T86.821Skin graft (allograft) (autograft) failure

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