Instruction Source: Z48.810
Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the sense organs
Instruction Source: Z48.81
Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- aftercare following surgery for neoplasm (Z48.3)
- aftercare for injury- code the injury with 7th character D
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- aftercare following organ transplant (Z48.2-)
- orthopedic aftercare (Z47.-)
Instruction Source: Z48.8
Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare
Instruction Source: Z48
Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- encounter for aftercare following injury - code to Injury, by site, with appropriate 7th character for subsequent encounter
- encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
- encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
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: