Z96.6 ICD-10-CA subcategory: Presence of orthopaedic joint implants
Z96.6 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 5 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
Z96.6Presence of orthopaedic joint implants
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written Z966
Codes in Z96.6
Z96.6 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Notes for Z96.6
As CIHI prints them, with any note Z96.6 takes from the headings above it.
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)From Z96 Presence of other functional implants
- Follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)follow-up medical care and convalescence (Z42-Z51, Z54.-)when family or personal history is the reason for special screening or other examination or investigation (Z00-Z13)when the possibility that the fetus might be affected is the reason for observation or action during pregnancy (O35.-)From Z80-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
Note
- This chapter should not be used for international comparison or for primary mortality coding.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:(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 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. Such factors may be elicited during population surveys, when the person may or may not be currently sick, or be recorded as an additional factor to be borne in mind when the person is receiving care for some illness or injury.From Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Where Z96.6 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
- 2Block Z80-Z99Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
- 3Category Z96Presence of other functional implants
- 4Subcategory Z96.6Presence of orthopaedic joint implants
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is Z96.6 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. Z96.6 (Presence of orthopaedic joint implants) is a subcategory heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 5 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is Z96.6 in ICD-10-CA?
Z96.6 sits under Z96 Presence of other functional implants, within Z80-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status, within Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99).
What coding notes apply to Z96.6?
ICD-10-CA lists Excludes, Note notes for Z96.6, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside Z96.6
View Z96Z96.0Presence of urogenital implantsZ96.1Presence of intraocular lensZ96.2Presence of otological and audiological implantsZ96.3Presence of artificial larynxZ96.4Presence of endocrine implantsZ96.5Presence of tooth-root and mandibular implantsZ96.7Presence of other bone and tendon implantsZ96.8Presence of other specified functional implantsZ96.9Presence of functional implant, unspecified