T84.061
T84.061 — Wear of articular bearing surface of internal prosthetic left hip joint
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
T84.061 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for wear of articular bearing surface of internal prosthetic left hip joint. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T84
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T84.061 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T84.061
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.06. If T84.061 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.060Wear of articular bearing surface of internal prosthetic right hip joint
- T84.062Wear of articular bearing surface of internal prosthetic right knee joint
- T84.063Wear of articular bearing surface of internal prosthetic left knee joint
- T84.068Wear of articular bearing surface of other internal prosthetic joint
- T84.069Wear of articular bearing surface of unspecified internal prosthetic joint
Questions about T84.061
- Is T84.061 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.061 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.061 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88).