T82.8: Other specified complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants or grafts

You have experienced problems with your heart or blood vessels after treatment.

You have an electronic device or artificial tissue replacement in your heart or blood vessels.

The treatment caused problems or damage. For example, there may be heavy bleeding from the heart if the heart wall is injured. If the affected blood vessels are also injured, there may also be heavy bleeding. Sometimes it may also be painful.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).