Z96.21

Z96.21: Cochlear implant status

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z96.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cochlear implant status. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z96.21 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z96.21

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z96: Presence of other functional implants

complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z96.21

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

Z18Retained foreign body fragments

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Presence›cochlear implant(functional)
Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of›cochlea
Presence›ear implant›cochlear implant
Presence›hearing-aid or device›implant(bone) (cochlear) (functional)
Presence›implanted device›cochlear
Presence›implanted device›otological›cochlear

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z96.2