T84.624
T84.624 — Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
T84.624 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right fibula. 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
T84.624 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 T84.624
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.624AInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right fibula, initial encounter
- T84.624DInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right fibula, subsequent encounter
- T84.624SInfection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right fibula, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.62. If T84.624 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.620Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right femur
- T84.621Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left femur
- T84.622Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of right tibia
- T84.623Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left tibia
- T84.625Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of left fibula
- T84.629Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal fixation device of unspecified bone of leg
Questions about T84.624
- Is T84.624 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.624 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.624 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).