Encounter for other specified surgical aftercare. Z48.89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM Z48.89 became effective on October 1, 2018.
If the original diagnosis is trauma (eg, using an S diagnosis code) or a code that requires a 7 th character (eg, M80-): then you’ll continue to use the original diagnosis code but you’ll change the 7 th character to one which includes “subsequent encounter”.
Z51.89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Z51.89 became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z51.89 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z51.89 may differ. Z codes represent reasons for encounters.
"Patient returns for postop evaluation. She continues to have severe abdominal pain, severe nausea and diarrhea. Her appetite is slightly better, and she has eaten more than at the last time I saw her. Denies fever or chills. Pain is worse with movement. On exam she appears malnourished.
Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing. Z48. 00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z48.
Aftercare codes are found in categories Z42-Z49 and Z51. Aftercare is one of the 16 types of Z-codes covered in the 2012 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines and Reporting.
Use Z codes to code for surgical aftercare. Z47. 89, Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare, and. Z47.
ICD-10-CM Code for Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified, initial encounter T88. 9XXA.
Z48. 0 - Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains. ICD-10-CM.
Code Z47. 81 (encounter for orthopaedic aftercare following surgical amputation) is used for visits following a surgical amputation and must be accompanied by an additional code that identifies the amputated limb (Table 2).
Follow-up. The difference between aftercare and follow-up is the type of care the physician renders. Aftercare implies the physician is providing related treatment for the patient after a surgery or procedure. Follow-up, on the other hand, is surveillance of the patient to make sure all is going well.
Following ICD-10 guidelines, if a patient has or has had an HIV related condition, use B20 AIDS. If the patient has a positive HIV status, without symptoms or related conditions, use Z21.
ICD-10 code Z47. 89 for Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Postoperative complications are problems which arise as a result of you having had surgery, which were not an intentional effect of the surgery.
Medicare says they will not pay for any care for post-operative complications or exacerbations in the global period unless the doctor must bring the patient back to the OR. This also applies to bringing the patient back to an endoscopy suite or cath lab.
ICD-10 code Z98. 890 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .