Z98.1
Z98.1: Arthrodesis status
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z98.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for arthrodesis status. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z98.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above Z98.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z98.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57021Billing and Coding: Cervical Disc Replacementnot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Arthrodesis status
- Ankylosis›arthrodesis status
- Ankylosis›postoperative(status)
- Ankylosis›produced by surgical fusion, status
- Ankylosis›surgical
- Status›arthrodesis
- Fusion, fused›lumbosacral›arthrodesis status
- Fusion, fused›lumbosacral›postprocedural status
- Fusion, fused›sacroiliac›arthrodesis status
- Fusion, fused›sacroiliac›postprocedural status
- Fusion, fused›spine NEC›arthrodesis status
- Fusion, fused›spine NEC›postoperative status
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.