ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z40-Z53 › Z53.2 Procedure and treatment not... › Z53.20
Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for unspecified reasons
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 Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for unspecified reasons
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 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.
- Refusal of > treatment
- Canceled procedure > because of > patient's decision
- Procedure > not done > because of > patient's decision
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z53.21 | Procedure and treatment not carried out due to patient leaving prior to being seen by health care provider | Valid |
| Z53.29 | Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for other reasons | Valid |