ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z40-Z53 › Z53.3 Procedure converted to open procedure › Z53.33

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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.

• Procedure > converted > arthroscopic to open

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z53.31	Laparoscopic surgical procedure converted to open procedure	Valid
Z53.32	Thoracoscopic surgical procedure converted to open procedure	Valid
Z53.39	Other specified procedure converted to open procedure	Valid