T84.129 — Displacement of internal fixation device of unspecified bone of limb
T84.129 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displacement of internal fixation device of unspecified bone of limb. 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
T84.129 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.
How T84.129 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to T84.129.
- Complication›fixation device, internal›mechanical›displacement›limb
Code to one of these instead T84.129
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.12. If T84.129 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.120Displacement of internal fixation device of right humerus
- T84.121Displacement of internal fixation device of left humerus
- T84.122Displacement of internal fixation device of bone of right forearm
- T84.123Displacement of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm
- T84.124Displacement of internal fixation device of right femur
- T84.125Displacement of internal fixation device of left femur
- T84.126Displacement of internal fixation device of bone of right lower leg
- T84.127Displacement of internal fixation device of bone of left lower leg
Questions about T84.129
- Is T84.129 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.129 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.129 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).