ICD9-897.6 Bilateral Amputee
Melissa Malkush
Description
Collection
Title:
ICD9-897.6 Bilateral Amputee
Creator:
Melissa Malkush
Date:
5/15/2012
Text:
Hi All,
I am looking for *factual *interpretation of diagnosis code 897.6, for a
bilateral amputee. Long desicription from www.icd9data.com states:
Traumatic amputation of leg(s) (complete) (partial), bilateral [any
level]), without mention of complication
My understanding has always been that DME for a Bilateral Amputee would
include 2 prosthetic feet (Symes/Boyd --> proximal). The peer reviewed
research seems to justify this interpretation. However, with this vague
description, it seems one can justify 2 pinky toe amputations with the same
ICD-9.
In addition, please correlate this coding with K-Levels when we consider
bilateral amputees as a K4 functional level. Is this as far from b&w as
our L-coding?
Insight please. Thanks in advance.
Melissa Malkush, CPO, MSPO (go tech!)
I am looking for *factual *interpretation of diagnosis code 897.6, for a
bilateral amputee. Long desicription from www.icd9data.com states:
Traumatic amputation of leg(s) (complete) (partial), bilateral [any
level]), without mention of complication
My understanding has always been that DME for a Bilateral Amputee would
include 2 prosthetic feet (Symes/Boyd --> proximal). The peer reviewed
research seems to justify this interpretation. However, with this vague
description, it seems one can justify 2 pinky toe amputations with the same
ICD-9.
In addition, please correlate this coding with K-Levels when we consider
bilateral amputees as a K4 functional level. Is this as far from b&w as
our L-coding?
Insight please. Thanks in advance.
Melissa Malkush, CPO, MSPO (go tech!)
Citation
Melissa Malkush, “ICD9-897.6 Bilateral Amputee,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/233640.
