Coding Guidelines

Includes

  • amputation status
  • postprocedural loss of limb
  • post-traumatic loss of limb

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Z89

  • M20.-M21 - acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
  • Q71.-Q73 - congenital absence of limbs (Q71-Q73)

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