Z46.3 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device

Instructional Notes:

Z46.3
Description: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device
Inclusion Term:
- Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dentures
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Z46
Description: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices
Exclude1:
- malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index
Exclude2:
- encounter for fitting and management of implanted devices (Z45.-)
- issue of repeat prescription only (Z76.0)
- presence of prosthetic and other devices (Z95-Z97)
Include:
- removal or replacement of other device
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Z40-Z53
Description: Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53)
Exclude2:
- follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment (Z08-Z09)
Inclusion Term:
- Categories Z40-Z53 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care. They may be used for patients who have already been treated for a disease or injury, but who are receiving aftercare or prophylactic care, or care to consolidate the treatment, or to deal with a residual state
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Z00-Z99
Description: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
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:
- (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.