T84.614
T84.614 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right ulna
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
T84.614 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right ulna. 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
T84.614 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 T84.614
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.614AInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right ulna, initial encounter
- T84.614DInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right ulna, subsequent encounter
- T84.614SInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right ulna, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.61. If T84.614 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.610Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right humerus
- T84.611Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left humerus
- T84.612Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right radius
- T84.613Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left radius
- T84.615Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left ulna
- T84.619Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified bone of arm
Questions about T84.614
- Is T84.614 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.614 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.614 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).