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Z93

Artificial opening status

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • Z93.0 Tracheostomy status
  • Z93.1 Gastrostomy status
  • Z93.2 Ileostomy status
  • Z93.3 Colostomy status
  • Z93.4 Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status
  • Z93.5 Cystostomy status (also a header)
  • Z93.6 Other artificial openings of urinary tract status
  • Z93.8 Other artificial opening status
  • Z93.9 Artificial opening status, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Artificial opening status

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

  • artificial openings requiring attention or management (Z43.-)
  • complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)

Inherited from the Z77-Z99 section Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Code also

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)