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There are two main Total Knee Replacement ICD Codes: Z96.651 - Used when a patient has an artificial knee joint on the right side. It means that the patient has undergone a surgical procedure known as a total knee replacement (TKR) or knee arthroplasty on their right knee.
Decode the Total Knee Replacement Patient Journey with ICD-10 Codes. Most working in physical therapy with knee replacement patients are familiar with the ICD-10 Z codes. The TKR aftercare billable specific ICD-10 code often used for reimbursement purposes is Z47.1.
ICD 10 code for Presence of artificial knee joint, bilateral. Get free rules, notes, crosswalks, synonyms, history for ICD-10 code Z96.653.
ICD10 EZ‐Sheet for Knee Arthroplasty ICD10 BITK – S81.051 (R, +1 for L)* 1. OA of knee a. Bilateral primary – M17.0 b. Unilateral primary, R – M17.11
You will code nearly every TKR with one code: 27447 (Arthroplasty, knee, condyle and plateau; medial AND lateral compartments with or without patella resurfacing (total knee arthroplasty)). This is the natural progression of services many will receive before TKR.
ICD-10-CM Codes for Total Knee Replacement. Return to top of page. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) created healthfinder.fl.gov to provide easy access to health care information.
The AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS (volume 2, Number 2, 2nd Quarter 2015) instructs that “when components of a replaced joint are removed and new components (ie.
Total Knee Arthroplasty, more commonly referred to as knee replacement, is a type of surgical procedure healthcare professionals often recommend to patients negatively impacted by knee-related problems such as arthritis (the most common reason this type of procedure is recommended).
For a revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) to be correctly coded with ICD-10-PCS, a removal and replacement code is required for each component that is revised (tibial, femoral, liner, and patellar component).
The multitude of coding options for total joint arthroplasty in ICD-10-procedural coding (ICD-10-PCS) poses some challenges for the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) in identifying precise procedures being reported.