Code alsoany follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

  1. Z78 Other specified health status

    Excludes2

    • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
    • postprocedural status (Z93-Z99)
    • sex reassignment status (Z87.890)
    1. Z78.0 Asymptomatic menopausal state

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Menopausal state NOS
      • Postmenopausal status NOS
    2. Z78.1 Physical restraint status

    3. Z78.9 Other specified health status

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.