Guest guest Posted March 18, 2002 Report Share Posted March 18, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: " blope (by way of ilena rose) " <blope@...> <Recipient List Suppressed:> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 3:24 PM Subject: Codes > Ilena~ Please pass this along...In regard to ICD 9 codes this is the one > used for Implant failure....996. > > listed below are the various problems for the complications ..... Please > pay special attention to 996.6 and 996.7... > > I hope this will help some of our suffering sisters........God Bless and > as always Thanks for your wonderful work....... > > Barb > > 996 Complications peculiar to certain specified procedures > > 996.0 Mechanical complication of cardiac device, implant, & graft > > 996.1 Mechanical complication of other vascular device,implant, & graft > > 996.2 Mechanical complication of nervous system device, implant, & graft > > 996.3 Mechanical complication of genitourinary device, implant, & graft > > 996.4 Mechanical complication of internal orthopedic device, implant, & graft > > 996.5 Mechanical complication of other specified prosthetic device, > implant, & graft > > 996.6 Infection & inflammatory reaction due tointernal prosthetic device, > implant, & graft > > 996.7 Other complications of internal prosthetic device, implant, & graft > > 996.8 Complications of transplanted organ > > 996.9 Complications of reattached extremity or body part > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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