Z89.21
Acquired absence of upper limb below elbow
Z89.21 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for acquired absence of upper limb below elbow. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are Z89.211 Acquired absence of right upper limb below elbow, Z89.212 Acquired absence of left upper limb below elbow and Z89.219 Acquired absence of unspecified upper limb below elbow. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction and 2 Excludes1 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
- congenital absence of limbs (Q71-Q73)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- amputation status
- postprocedural loss of limb
- post-traumatic loss of limb
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (3 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.
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry