T87.5Necrosis of amputation stump

T87.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for necrosis of amputation stump. It belongs to category T87 (complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation), 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 5 subcodes must be used instead.

Within T87 (complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation), T87.5 is specifically for necrosis of amputation stump. Related codes cover complications of reattached (part of) upper extremity (T87.0), complications of reattached (part of) lower extremity (T87.1), complications of other reattached body part (T87.2), neuroma of amputation stump (T87.3), infection of amputation stump (T87.4), other complications of amputation stump (T87.8) and unspecified complications of amputation stump (T87.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: T87.50 (unspecified extremity), T87.51 (right upper extremity), T87.52 (left upper extremity), T87.53 (right lower extremity) and T87.54 (left lower extremity).

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