81.44 - Patellar Stabilization

The ICD 9 Code for Patellar stabilization is listed as 81.44.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field	Value
Procedure Code:	81.44
Description:	Patellar stabilization
Short Description:	Patellar stabilization

Chapter:	Operations on the musculoskeletal system
Subsection 1:	Repair and plastic operations on joint structures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSD04Z - Reposition Right Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSD34Z - Reposition Right Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSD44Z - Reposition Right Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSF04Z - Reposition Left Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSF34Z - Reposition Left Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	0QSF44Z - Reposition Left Patella with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 81.44:
81.40 - Repair of hip, not elsewhere classified
81.42 - Five-in-one repair of knee
81.43 - Triad knee repair
81.45 - Other repair of the cruciate ligaments
81.46 - Other repair of the collateral ligaments
81.47 - Other repair of knee
81.49 - Other repair of ankle