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Z40

Encounter for prophylactic surgery

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • Z40.0 Encounter for prophylactic surgery for risk factors related to malignant neoplasms (also a header)
  • Z40.8 Encounter for other prophylactic surgery (also a header)
  • Z40.9 Encounter for prophylactic surgery, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for prophylactic surgery

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • organ donations (Z52.-)
  • therapeutic organ removal-code to condition

Inherited from the Z40-Z53 section Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment (Z08-Z09)

Also known as

  • 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