Acquired absence of other organs

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Z90.81 Acquired absence of spleen
Z90.89 Acquired absence of other organs

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 other organs

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.

Inherited from Z90 Acquired absence of organs, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital absence - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 - not included here

postprocedural absence of endocrine glands (E89.-)

Includes

postprocedural or post-traumatic loss of body part NEC

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z90.0	Acquired absence of part of head and neck	Not billable
Z90.1	Acquired absence of breast and nipple	Not billable
Z90.2	Acquired absence of lung [part of]	Valid
Z90.3	Acquired absence of stomach [part of]	Valid
Z90.4	Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract	Not billable
Z90.5	Acquired absence of kidney	Valid
Z90.6	Acquired absence of other parts of urinary tract	Valid
Z90.7	Acquired absence of genital organ(s)	Not billable