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Z47.32

Z47.32: Aftercare following explantation of hip joint prosthesis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z47.32 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for aftercare following explantation of hip joint prosthesis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z47.32 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • acquired absence of hip joint following prior explantation of hip joint prosthesis (Z89.62-)
  • hip joint prosthesis explantation status (Z89.62-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z47.32

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z47: Orthopedic aftercare

  • aftercare for healing fracture-code to fracture with 7th character D

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z47.32 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
  • A56777Billing and Coding: Total Joint Arthroplasty
  • A56796Billing and Coding: Lower Extremity Major Joint Replacement (Hip and Knee)
  • A57683Billing and Coding: Total Hip Arthroplasty

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Encounter›joint prosthesis insertion following prior explantation of joint prosthesis›hip
  • Aftercare›following surgery›explantation of joint prosthesis›hip

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z47.3

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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