ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z30-Z39 › Z31.4 Encounter for procreative... › Z31.42
Aftercare following sterilization reversal
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Aftercare following sterilization reversal
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from Z31 Encounter for procreative management
Excludes2 - not included here
- complications associated with artificial fertilization (N98.-)
- female infertility (N97.-)
- male infertility (N46.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Sperm counts > postvasectomy > reversal
- Admission > poststerilization > aftercare
- Tuboplasty, after previous sterilization > aftercare
- Vasoplasty, after previous sterilization > aftercare
- Admission > restoration of organ continuity > aftercare
- Admission > tuboplasty following previous sterilization > aftercare
- Admission > vasoplasty following previous sterilization > aftercare
- Restoration > organ continuity from previous sterilization > aftercare
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z31.41 | Encounter for fertility testing | Valid |
| Z31.43 | Encounter for genetic testing of female for procreative management | Not billable |
| Z31.44 | Encounter for genetic testing of male for procreative management | Not billable |
| Z31.49 | Encounter for other procreative investigation and testing | Valid |