Acquired absence of limb

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

Z89.0 Acquired absence of thumb and other finger(s) (also a header)
Z89.1 Acquired absence of hand and wrist (also a header)
Z89.2 Acquired absence of upper limb above wrist (also a header)
Z89.4 Acquired absence of toe(s), foot, and ankle (also a header)
Z89.5 Acquired absence of leg below knee (also a header)
Z89.6 Acquired absence of leg above knee (also a header)
Z89.9 Acquired absence of limb, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acquired absence of limb

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
congenital absence of limbs (Q71-Q73)

Includes

amputation status
postprocedural loss of limb
post-traumatic loss of limb

Inherited from the Z77-Z99 section Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Code also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)