T85: Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts
T85.0: Mechanical complication of ventricular intracranial (communicating) shunt
You have a tube in your brain that drains fluid from your head into your abdomen.
The treatment has caused you problems or damage. The tube may no longer be in the right place, for example. The surrounding tissue may then get damaged.
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