T84.296Other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of vertebrae

T84.296 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of vertebrae. It belongs to category T84 (complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts), block T80-T88 (complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T84.29 (other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of other bones), T84.296 is specifically for other mechanical complication of internal fixation device of vertebrae. Related codes cover bones of hand and fingers (T84.290), bones of foot and toes (T84.293) and other bones (T84.298).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.