T84.60 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified site
T84.60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified site. 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
T84.60 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 T84.60 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 T84.60.
- Complication›fixation device, internal›infection and inflammation
Code to one of these instead T84.60
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.60XAInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified site, initial encounter
- T84.60XDInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified site, subsequent encounter
- T84.60XSInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified site, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.6. If T84.60 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.61Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of arm
- T84.62Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of leg
- T84.63Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of spine
- T84.69Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of other site
Questions about T84.60
- Is T84.60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.60 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.60 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).