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T84.50

Non-billable

Infection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified internal joint prosthesis

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

T84.5Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis→T84.51Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal right hip prosthesis→T84.52Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal left hip prosthesis→T84.53Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal right knee prosthesis→T84.54Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal left knee prosthesis→T84.59Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal joint prosthesis→T84.50XAInfection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified internal joint prosthesis (initial encounter)→T84.50XDInfection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified internal joint prosthesis (subsequent encounter)→T84.50XSInfection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified internal joint prosthesis (sequela)→