Joints

Introduced: January 1985

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents > Prostheses implantable into the body > Joints

CPC:

Of 12 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.

6 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

Child Classifications

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A61F 2/30721 +10 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/30756 +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/30767 +11 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/3094 +10 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/30988 +4 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61F 2/32 for the hip since 1985 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/38 for elbows or knees since 1985 +9 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/40 for shoulders since 1985 +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/42 for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes since 1985 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/44 for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs since 1985 +8 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2/46 Special tools for implanting artificial joints since 1985 +19 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61F 2002/30001 2nd only +5 CPC CPC only CPC only