T84.29
T84.29: Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of other bones
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
T84.29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of other bones. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Obstruction (mechanical) of internal fixation device of other bones
- Perforation of internal fixation device of other bones
- Protrusion of internal fixation device of other bones
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T84.29
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead T84.29
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.290Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bones of hand and fingers
- T84.293Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bones of foot and toes
- T84.296Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of vertebrae
- T84.298Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of other bones