Z89
Z89: Acquired absence of limb
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acquired absence of limb. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- amputation status
- postprocedural loss of limb
- post-traumatic loss of limb
Other codes that can never be billed with Z89
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Z89
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z89.0Acquired absence of thumb and other finger(s)
- Z89.1Acquired absence of hand and wrist
- Z89.2Acquired absence of upper limb above wrist
- Z89.4Acquired absence of toe(s), foot, and ankle
- Z89.5Acquired absence of leg below knee
- Z89.6Acquired absence of leg above knee
- Z89.9Acquired absence of limb, unspecified