ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z77-Z99 › Z97.1 Presence of artificial limb... › Z97.16
Presence of artificial legs, bilateral (complete) (partial)
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Presence of artificial legs, bilateral (complete) (partial)
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 Z97 Presence of other devices
Excludes1 - never coded here
- complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
Excludes2 - not included here
- fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
- presence of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device (Z98.2)
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 > limb
- 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 > limbs
- 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 > artificial > limb > leg > bilateral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z97.10 | Presence of artificial limb (complete) (partial), unspecified | Valid |
| Z97.11 | Presence of artificial right arm (complete) (partial) | Valid |
| Z97.12 | Presence of artificial left arm (complete) (partial) | Valid |
| Z97.13 | Presence of artificial right leg (complete) (partial) | Valid |
| Z97.14 | Presence of artificial left leg (complete) (partial) | Valid |
| Z97.15 | Presence of artificial arms, bilateral (complete) (partial) | Valid |