ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T80-T88 Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
T87- Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T87.50

Necrosis of amputation stump, unspecified extremity

2016

2017

2018

Billable/Specific Code

T87.50 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM T87.50 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T87.50 - other international versions of ICD-10 T87.50 may differ.

The following code(s) above T87.50 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to T87.50:

S00-T88
2018 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
T80-T88
2018 ICD-10-CM Range T80-T88
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified
Type 2 Excludes
- any encounters with medical care for postprocedural conditions in which no complications are present, such as:
- artificial opening status (Z93.-)
- closure of external stoma (Z43.-)
- fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device (Z44.-)
- burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation (T20-T32)
- complications of surgical procedures during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator] (J95.850)
- poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4 or 6)
- postprocedural fever (R50.82)
- specified complications classified elsewhere, such as:
- cerebrospinal fluid leak from spinal puncture (G97.0)
- colostomy malfunction (K94.0-)
- disorders of fluid and electrolyte imbalance (E86-E87)
- functional disturbances following cardiac surgery (I97.0-I97.1)
- intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specified body systems (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95.6-, J95.7, K91.6-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
- ostomy complications (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
- postgastric surgery syndromes (K91.1)
- postlaminectomy syndrome NEC (M96.1)
- postmastectomy lymphedema syndrome (I97.2)
- postsurgical blind-loop syndrome (K91.2)
- ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Use Additional
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

ICD-10-CM T87.50 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

564 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with mcc
565 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with cc
566 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert T87.50 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to T87.50:

Complication(s) (from) (of)
- amputation stump (surgical) (late) T87.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T87.9
  Unspecified complications of amputation stump
  2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
  - necrosis T87.50
Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) - see also Gangrene
- amputation stump (surgical) (late) T87.50

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To T87.50

T87.32 …… left upper extremity

T87.33 …… right lower extremity

T87.34 …… left lower extremity

T87.4 Infection of amputation stump

T87.40 …… unspecified extremity

T87.41 …… right upper extremity

T87.42 …… left upper extremity

T87.43 …… right lower extremity

T87.44 …… left lower extremity

T87.5 Necrosis of amputation stump

T87.50 …… unspecified extremity

T87.51 …… right upper extremity

T87.52 …… left upper extremity

T87.53 …… right lower extremity

T87.54 …… left lower extremity

T87.8 Other complications of amputation stump

T87.81 Dehiscence of amputation stump

T87.89 Other complications of amputation stump

T87.9 Unspecified complications of amputation stump

T88 Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

T88.0 Infection following immunization

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T87.50

Necrosis of amputation stump, unspecified extremity

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

Unspecified complications of amputation stump