Excludes2

  • follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment (Z08-Z09)
  1. Z43 Encounter for attention to artificial openings

    1. Z43.0 Encounter for attention to tracheostomy

    2. Z43.1 Encounter for attention to gastrostomy

    3. Z43.2 Encounter for attention to ileostomy

    4. Z43.3 Encounter for attention to colostomy

    5. Z43.4 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract

    6. Z43.5 Encounter for attention to cystostomy

    7. Z43.6 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Encounter for attention to nephrostomy
      • Encounter for attention to ureterostomy
      • Encounter for attention to urethrostomy
    8. Z43.7 Encounter for attention to artificial vagina

    9. Z43.8 Encounter for attention to other artificial openings

    10. Z43.9 Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.