Z96.7 — Presence of other bone and tendon implants
Z96.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for presence of other bone and tendon implants. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Presence of skull plate
Risk adjustment
Z96.7 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.
Medicare coverage
Z96.7 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
How Z96.7 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 Z96.7.
- Presence›skull-plate implant
- Presence›tendon implant(functional) (graft)
- Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of›bone NEC
- Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of›tendon
- Presence›bone›implant NEC(functional)
- Presence›implanted device›skull plate
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z96. If Z96.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z96.0Presence of urogenital implants
- Z96.1Presence of intraocular lens
- Z96.2Presence of otological and audiological implants
- Z96.3Presence of artificial larynx
- Z96.4Presence of endocrine implants
- Z96.5Presence of tooth-root and mandibular implants
- Z96.6Presence of orthopedic joint implants
- Z96.8Presence of other specified functional implants
- Z96.9Presence of functional implant, unspecified
Questions about Z96.7
- Is Z96.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z96.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z96.7 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).