ICD-10-CM Code Z42
Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code Z42 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of Z42 that describes the diagnosis 'encntr for plast/recnst surg fol med proc or healed injury' in more detail.
- Z42 Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for Z42 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Encounter for cosmetic plastic surgery - instead, use code Z41.1
- Encounter for plastic surgery for treatment of current injury - code to relevent injury
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z42 - Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury'
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