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2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 78.6

Removal of implanted devices from bone

  • 78.6 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure
  • 78.6 contains 11 index entries
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78.6 excludes:

  • removal of cast, splint, and traction device (Kirschner wire) (Steinmann pin) (97.88)
  • removal of skull tongs or halo traction device (02.95)

Index entries containing 78.6:

Removal -- see also Excision
  • bone growth stimulator -- see category 78.6
  • device (therapeutic) NEC 97.89
    • external fixation device 97.88
      • minifixator (bone) -- see category 78.6
  • electrodes
    • bone growth stimulator -- see category 78.6
  • electronic
    • stimulator - see Removal, neurostimulator, by site
      • bone 78.6
  • external fixation device 97.88
    • minifixator (bone) -- see category 78.6
  • fixation device
    • external 97.88
      • minifixator (bone) -- see category 78.6
  • Hoffman minifixator device (bone) -- see category 78.6
  • limb lengthening device, internal - see category 78.6
  • minifixator device (bone) -- see category 78.6
    • external fixation device 97.88
  • Roger-Anderson minifixator device (bone) -- see category 78.6
  • Wagner-Brooker minifixator device (bone) -- see category 78.6