ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z77-Z99 › Z96.8 Presence of other specified... › Z96.82

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

Valid FY2020 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 Z96 Presence of other functional implants

Excludes2 - not included here

• complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
• fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

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)

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.

• Status
• Postsurgery status
• Presence > bone > joint
• Presence > joint implant > hip
• Presence > joint implant > knee
• Presence > joint implant > ankle
• Presence > joint implant > elbow
• Presence > joint implant > wrist
• Presence > joint implant > finger
• Presence > joint implant > shoulder
• Presence > orthopedic-joint implant
• Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of > joint > hip
• Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of > joint > knee
• Status > organ replacement > by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of > joint > hip
• Status > organ replacement > by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of > joint > knee
• Presence > neurostimulator

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z96.81	Presence of artificial skin	Valid
Z96.89	Presence of other specified functional implants	Valid