ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z43.4
Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z43.4
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z43 — Encounter for attention to artificial openings
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z43.4 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract. 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 Z43
- Z43Encounter for attention to artificial openings
- Z43.0Encounter for attention to tracheostomy
- Z43.1Encounter for attention to gastrostomy
- Z43.2Encounter for attention to ileostomy
- Z43.3Encounter for attention to colostomy
- Z43.5Encounter for attention to cystostomy
- Z43.6Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract
- Z43.7Encounter for attention to artificial vagina
- Z43.8Encounter for attention to other artificial openings
- Z43.9Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening
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