ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z40-Z53 › Z53 Persons encountering health... › Z53.3
Z53.3
Procedure converted to open procedure
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 4 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Procedure converted to open procedure
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z53.0 | Procedure and treatment not carried out because of contraindication | Not billable |
| Z53.1 | Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for reasons of belief and group pressure | Valid |
| Z53.2 | Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for other and unspecified reasons | Not billable |
| Z53.8 | Procedure and treatment not carried out for other reasons | Valid |
| Z53.9 | Procedure and treatment not carried out, unspecified reason | Valid |