Instruction Source: Z44.21
Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial right eye
Instruction Source: Z44.2
Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- mechanical complication of ocular prosthesis (T85.3)
Instruction Source: Z44
Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index
- presence of prosthetic device (Z97.-)
Inclusion Terms
- removal or replacement of external prosthetic device
Instruction Source: Z40-Z53
Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment (Z08-Z09)
Instruction Source: Z00-Z99
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Clinical Notes
- (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.
- 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: