T84.193
T84.193 — Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
T84.193 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T84
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
T84.193 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead T84.193
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- T84.193AOther mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm, initial encounter
- T84.193DOther mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm, subsequent encounter
- T84.193SOther mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left forearm, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share T84.19. If T84.193 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- T84.190Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of right humerus
- T84.191Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of left humerus
- T84.192Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of right forearm
- T84.194Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of right femur
- T84.195Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of left femur
- T84.196Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of right lower leg
- T84.197Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of bone of left lower leg
- T84.199Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of unspecified bone of limb
Questions about T84.193
- Is T84.193 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. T84.193 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does T84.193 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88).