Z48 ICD 10 Code is a non-billable and non-specific code and should not be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. There are other codes below it with greater level of diagnosis detail. The 2023 edition of the American ICD-10-CM code became effective on October 1, 2022.
Type 1 excludes for Z48 ICD 10 code
- 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
Type 2 excludes for Z48 ICD 10 code
- encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
- encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
Codes
- Z48.0 Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
- Z48.00 Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing
- Z48.01 Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing
- Z48.02 Encounter for removal of sutures
- Z48.03 Encounter for change or removal of drains
- Z48.1 Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure
- Z48.2 Encounter for aftercare following organ transplant
- Z48.21 Encounter for aftercare following heart transplant
- Z48.22 Encounter for aftercare following kidney transplant
- Z48.23 Encounter for aftercare following liver transplant
- Z48.24 Encounter for aftercare following lung transplant
- Z48.28 Encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant
- Z48.280 Encounter for aftercare following heart-lung transplant
- Z48.288 Encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant
- Z48.29 Encounter for aftercare following other organ transplant
- Z48.290 Encounter for aftercare following bone marrow transplant
- Z48.298 Encounter for aftercare following other organ transplant
- Z48.3 Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm
- Z48.8 Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare
- Z48.81 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems
- Z48.810 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the sense organs
- Z48.811 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the nervous system
- Z48.812 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the circulatory system
- Z48.813 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the respiratory system
- Z48.814 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the teeth or oral cavity
- Z48.815 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the digestive system
- Z48.816 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the genitourinary system
- Z48.817 Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Z48.89 Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare
Possible back-references that may be applicable or related to Z48 ICD10 Code:
- Z00-Z99 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Z40-Z53 Encounters for other specific health care
Present On Admission (POA Exempt)
Z48 ICD 10 code is considered exempt from POA reporting