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Z48
Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
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:
- Z48.0 Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains (also a header)
- Z48.1 Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure
- Z48.2 Encounter for aftercare following organ transplant (also a header)
- Z48.3 Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm
- Z48.8 Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare (also a header)
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 other postprocedural aftercare
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
- encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)
- encounter for aftercare following injury - code to Injury, by site, with appropriate 7th character for subsequent encounter
Excludes2 - not included here
- encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
- encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
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