ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z40.00
Encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z40.00
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z40 — Encounter for prophylactic surgery
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z40.00 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z40
- Z40Encounter for prophylactic surgery
- Z40.0Encounter for prophylactic surgery for risk factors related to malignant neoplasms
- Z40.01Encounter for prophylactic removal of breast
- Z40.02Encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s)
- Z40.03Encounter for prophylactic removal of fallopian tube(s)
- Z40.09Encounter for prophylactic removal of other organ
- Z40.8Encounter for other prophylactic surgery
- Z40.81Encounter for prophylactic surgery for removal of ovary(s) for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors
- Z40.82Encounter for prophylactic surgery for removal of fallopian tube(s) for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors
- Z40.89Encounter for other prophylactic surgery
- Z40.9Encounter for prophylactic surgery, unspecified
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