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M96.62

Fracture of humerus following insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis, or bone plate

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 16 never code together
M96code
Excludes2
  • arthropathy following intestinal bypass (M02.0-)M02.0-
  • complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T84.-)T84.-
  • disorders associated with osteoporosis (M80)M80
  • periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint (M97.-)M97.-
  • presence of functional implants and other devices (Z96-Z97)Z96-Z97
M96.6code
Excludes2
  • complication of internal orthopedic devices, implants or grafts (T84.-)T84.-
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
M96.6code
Inclusion terms
  • Intraoperative fracture of bone during insertion of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis, or bone plate
M00-M99chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 1
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) T14.8
    • following insertion (intraoperative) (postoperative) of orthopedic implant, joint prosthesis or bone plate M96.69
    • humerus S42.30
      • following insertion of implant, prosthesis or plate M96.62
Alongside this code 5 same parent — M96.6
Subordinate codes 3
Additional references
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M96.6
Siblings
5
Subordinate
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.