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Z43.2

Encounter for attention to ileostomy

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for attention to ileostomy

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 Z43 Encounter for attention to artificial openings

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Includes

  • closure of artificial openings
  • passage of sounds or bougies through artificial openings
  • reforming artificial openings
  • removal of catheter from artificial openings
  • toilet or cleansing of artificial openings

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

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z43.0 Encounter for attention to tracheostomy Valid
Z43.1 Encounter for attention to gastrostomy Valid
Z43.3 Encounter for attention to colostomy Valid
Z43.4 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract Valid
Z43.5 Encounter for attention to cystostomy Valid
Z43.6 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract Valid
Z43.7 Encounter for attention to artificial vagina Valid
Z43.8 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings Valid
Z43.9 Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening Valid