Kodex

Section

Z96.69

Presence of other orthopedic joint implants

Hierarchy

Z00-Z99 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
- Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
  - Z96 Presence of other functional implants
    - Z96.6 Presence of orthopedic joint implants
      - Z96.69 Presence of other orthopedic joint implants
        
        Z96.691 Finger-joint replacement of right hand
        
        Z96.692 Finger-joint replacement of left hand
        
        Z96.693 Finger-joint replacement, bilateral
        
        Z96.698 Presence of other orthopedic joint implants

Notes

Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
(a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
(b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Code Also

any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Excludes 2

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