ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z40-Z53 › Z40 Encounter for prophylactic surgery › Z40.0
Z40.0
Encounter for prophylactic surgery for risk factors related to malignant neoplasms
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for prophylactic surgery for risk factors related to malignant neoplasms
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 Z40 Encounter for prophylactic surgery
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z40.8 | Encounter for other prophylactic surgery | Not billable |
| Z40.9 | Encounter for prophylactic surgery, unspecified | Valid |