ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z41.3
Encounter for ear piercing
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z41.3
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z41 — Encounter for procedures for purposes other than remedying health state
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z41.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for ear piercing. 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 Z41
- Z41Encounter for procedures for purposes other than remedying health state
- Z41.1Encounter for cosmetic surgery
- Z41.2Encounter for routine and ritual male circumcision
- Z41.8Encounter for other procedures for purposes other than remedying health state
- Z41.9Encounter for procedure for purposes other than remedying health state, unspecified
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