ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z48.00
Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z48.00
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z48 — Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z48.00 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing. 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 Z48
- Z48Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
- Z48.0Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
- Z48.01Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing
- Z48.02Encounter for removal of sutures
- Z48.03Encounter for change or removal of drains
- Z48.1Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure
- Z48.2Encounter for aftercare following organ transplant
- Z48.21Encounter for aftercare following heart transplant
- Z48.22Encounter for aftercare following kidney transplant
- Z48.23Encounter for aftercare following liver transplant
- Z48.24Encounter for aftercare following lung transplant
- Z48.28Encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant
- Z48.280Encounter for aftercare following heart-lung transplant
- Z48.288Encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant
- Z48.29Encounter for aftercare following other organ transplant
Want to learn coding?
Master ICD-10-CM in 90 days.
Medita's 90-day curriculum is calibrated to the CPC (AAPC), CCA, and CCS (AHIMA) exam blueprints. Day 1 is free.