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Z89.61

Z89.61: Acquired absence of leg above knee

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z89.61 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acquired absence of leg above knee. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Acquired absence of leg NOS
  • Disarticulation at knee

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z89.61

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z89: Acquired absence of limb

  • acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
  • congenital absence of limbs (Q71-Q73)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z89.61

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M20Acquired deformities of fingers and toes
  • M21Other acquired deformities of limbs

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 Z89.61

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under Z89.6

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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