T85.612 Breakdown (mechanical) of permanent sutures

Type 1 Excludes:

Mechanical Complication Of Permanent (wire) Suture Used In Bone Repair (T84.1-T84.2)

The following code(s) above T85.612 may contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to T85.612:

• Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
• Breakdown (mechanical) of other specified internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T85.61)

Diagnosis Index

Breakdown
- Device, Graft Or Implant T85.618 - see also Complications, by site and type, mechanical
-- Sutures, Permanent T85.612
Complication
- Suture, Permanent NEC T85.9
-- Mechanical
--- Breakdown T85.612
--- Malfunction T85.612