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2008 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
  • View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 78.* hierarchy

78.6 excludes:

  • removal of cast, splint, and traction device (Kirschner wire) (Steinmann pin) (97.88)
  • removal of posterior spinal motion preservation (facet replacement, pedicle-based dynamic stabilization, interspinous process) device(s) (80.09)
  • 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