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2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 755.21
Transverse deficiency of upper limb
- Short description: TRANSVERSE DEFIC ARM.
- ICD-9-CM 755.21 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 755.21.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 755.21: 2010 2011 2012 2013.
755.21 Alternative Terminology
- Congenital complete absence of arm
- Congenital complete absence of bilat arms
- Congenital complete absence of bilateral upper limbs
- Congenital complete absence of l arm
- Congenital complete absence of left arm
- Congenital complete absence of left upper limb
- Congenital complete absence of r arm
- Congenital complete absence of right arm
- Congenital complete absence of right upper limb
- Congenital complete absence of upper limb
- Transverse deficiency of arm
Applies To
- Amelia of upper limb
- Congenital absence of:
- fingers, all (complete or partial)
- forearm, including hand and fingers
- upper limb, complete
- Congenital amputation of upper limb
- Transverse hemimelia of upper limb
Convert 755.21 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 755.21 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM Q71.00 Congenital complete absence of unspecified upper limb
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 755.21:
- Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
arm (acquired) V49.60
- carpal(s) (congenital) (complete) (partial) (with absence of distal elements, incomplete) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.28
with complete absence of distal elements 755.21
- finger (acquired) V49.62
- congenital (complete) (partial) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.29
meaning all fingers (complete) (partial) 755.21- transverse 755.21
- forearm (acquired) V49.65
- hand (acquired) V49.63
- congenital (complete) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.21
- humerus, congenital (complete) (partial) (with absence of distal elements, incomplete) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.24
- with
- complete absence of distal elements 755.21
- radius and ulna (incomplete) 755.23
- limb (acquired)
- metacarpal(s), congenital (complete) (partial) (with absence of distal elements, incomplete) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.28
- with all fingers, complete 755.21
- phalange(s), congenital 755.4
- radius, congenital (complete) (partial) (with absence of distal elements, incomplete) 755.26
- ray, congenital 755.4
- Acheiria 755.21
- Adactylia, adactyly (congenital) 755.4
- upper limb (complete) (intercalary) (partial) (terminal) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.29
- meaning all digits (complete) (partial) 755.21
- transverse (complete) (partial) 755.21
- Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
- hand (complete) (see also Deformity, reduction, upper limb) 755.21
- Amelia 755.4
- upper limb 755.21
- Amputation
- congenital
- lower limb 755.31
- upper limb 755.21
- Aphalangia (congenital) 755.4
- upper limb (complete) (intercalary) (partial) (terminal) 755.29
- meaning all digits (complete) (partial) 755.21
- transverse 755.21
- Deficiency, deficient
- Deformity 738.9
- reduction (extremity) (limb) 755.4
- brain 742.2
- lower limb 755.30
- upper limb 755.20
- with complete absence of distal elements 755.21
- longitudinal (complete) (partial) (with distal deficiencies, incomplete) 755.22
- transverse (complete) (partial) 755.21
- Hemimelia 755.4
- Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
- hand 755.21
- Meromelia 755.4
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