ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z40-Z53 › Z48.0 Encounter for attention to... › Z48.03
Encounter for change or removal of drains
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for change or removal of drains
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 Z48 Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
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
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.
- Change
- Admission
- Postprocedural
- Encounter > removal
- Admission > aftercare
- Encounter > aftercare
- Postoperative > visit
- Encounter > postoperative
- Aftercare > postprocedural
- Postoperative > wound check
- Wound check > postoperative
- Adjustment > implanted device
- Checking > wound > postoperative
- Removal > drains
- Admission > removal of > drains
- Aftercare > involving > removal of > drains
- Aftercare > following surgery > attention to > drains
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z48.00 | Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing | Valid |
| Z48.01 | Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing | Valid |
| Z48.02 | Encounter for removal of sutures | Valid |