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Q71.21

Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, right upper limb

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Congenital absence of both right forearm and hand
  2. FY2011 Draft description revised draft Congenital absence of both right forearm and hand Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, right upper limb

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

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Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Q71.20 Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, unspecified upper limb Valid
Q71.22 Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, left upper limb Valid
Q71.23 Congenital absence of both forearm and hand, bilateral Valid