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89 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other specified devices
- Encounter for fitting and adjustment of wheelchair
- Z46.9 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified device
Z47 Orthopedic aftercare
- Excludes1 aftercare for healing fracture-code to fracture with 7th character D
- Z47.1 Aftercare following joint replacement surgery
- Use additional code to identify the joint (Z96.6-)
- Z47.2 Encounter for removal of internal fixation device
- Excludes1: encounter for adjustment of internal fixation device for fracture treatment- code to fracture with appropriate 7th character
- encounter for removal of external fixation device- code to fracture with 7th character D
- infection or inflammatory reaction to internal fixation device (T84.6-)
- mechanical complication of internal fixation device (T84.1-)
- Excludes1: encounter for adjustment of internal fixation device for fracture treatment- code to fracture with appropriate 7th character
- Z47.8 Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare
- Z47.81 Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation
- Use additional code to identify the limb amputated (Z89.-)
- Z47.82 Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following scoliosis surgery
- Z47.89 Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare
- Z47.81 Encounter for orthopedic aftercare following surgical amputation
Z48 Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
- Excludes1: encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)
- Excludes2: encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
- encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
- Z48.0 Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
- Excludes1: encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure (Z48.1)
- Z48.00 Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing
- Encounter for change or removal of wound dressing NOS
- Z48.01 Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing
- Z48.02 Encounter for removal of sutures
- Encounter for removal of staples
- Z48.03 Encounter for change or removal of drains
- Z48.1 Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure
- Excludes1: