Is T87.40 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. T87.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does T87.40 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).

T87.40

T87.40 — Infection of amputation stump, unspecified extremity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

T87.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for infection of amputation stump, unspecified extremity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

T87.40 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 409 Amputation Status, Lower Limb/Amputation Complications0.598 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

How T87.40 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 T87.40.

Complication›amputation stump NEC›infection or inflammation

Related codes at this level

Codes that share T87.4. If T87.40 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about T87.40

Is T87.40 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. T87.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does T87.40 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).