Is Z96.49 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z96.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z96.49 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).

Z96.49

Z96.49 — Presence of other endocrine implants

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z96.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for presence of other endocrine implants. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z96.49

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z96.49, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

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 Z96.49

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z96.49. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z96.49 alone.

Z18Retained foreign body fragments

Risk adjustment

Z96.49 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How Z96.49 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 Z96.49.

Presence›endocrine implant NEC(functional)

Code history

Z96.49 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z96.4. If Z96.49 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Z96.41Presence of insulin pump (external) (internal)

Questions about Z96.49

Is Z96.49 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z96.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z96.49 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).