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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 897.3
Traumatic amputation of leg(s) (complete) (partial), unilateral, at or above knee, complicated
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Amput abv kn, unil-compl.
  • ICD-9-CM 897.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 897.3 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 897.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 897.3: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 897.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S78.019A Complete traumatic amputation at unspecified hip joint, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S78.029A Partial traumatic amputation at unspecified hip joint, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S78.119A Complete traumatic amputation at level between unspecified hip and knee, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S78.129A Partial traumatic amputation at level between unspecified hip and knee, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S88.019A Complete traumatic amputation at knee level, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S88.029A Partial traumatic amputation at knee level, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 897.3:
 897.2 ICD9Data.com 897.4 
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