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Z44

Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • Z44.0 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial arm (also a header)
  • Z44.1 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial leg (also a header)
  • Z44.2 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye (also a header)
  • Z44.3 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external breast prosthesis (also a header)
  • Z44.8 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devices
  • Z44.9 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified external prosthetic device

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 fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device

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

  • malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index
  • presence of prosthetic device (Z97.-)

Includes

  • removal or replacement of external prosthetic device

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