ICD-10-CM Code Z46.5
Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other gastrointestinal appliance and device
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 Z46.5 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of Z46.5 that describes the diagnosis 'encounter for fit/adjst of gi appliance and device' in more detail.
- Z46.5 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other gastrointestinal appliance and device NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for Z46.5 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 attention to artificial openings of digestive tract (Z43.1-Z43.4) - instead, use code Z43.1-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z46.5 - Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other gastrointestinal appliance and device'
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Parent Code: Z46 - Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices