Z89.4
Acquired absence of toe(s), foot, and ankle
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 2 never code together
Instructional notes 7
Z89code
Includes
- amputation status
- postprocedural loss of limb
- post-traumatic loss of limb
Z00-Z99chapter
Notes
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:Z00-Z99A00-Y89
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
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Alongside this code 6 same parent — Z89
Z89.0 Acquired absence of thumb and other finger(s) category Z89.1 Acquired absence of hand and wrist category Z89.2 Acquired absence of upper limb above wrist category Z89.5 Acquired absence of leg below knee category Z89.6 Acquired absence of leg above knee category Z89.9 Acquired absence of limb, unspecified
Subordinate codes 4
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