ICD-10-CM Code Z93
Artificial opening status
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 Z93 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of Z93 that describes the diagnosis 'artificial opening status' in more detail.
- Z93 Artificial opening status NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE Z93.0 Tracheostomy status
- BILLABLE Z93.1 Gastrostomy status
- BILLABLE Z93.2 Ileostomy status
- BILLABLE Z93.3 Colostomy status
- BILLABLE Z93.4 Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status
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- Z93.50 Unspecified cystostomy status BILLABLE
- Z93.51 Cutaneous-vesicostomy status BILLABLE
- Z93.52 Appendico-vesicostomy status BILLABLE
- Z93.59 Other cystostomy status BILLABLE
- BILLABLE Z93.6 Other artificial openings of urinary tract status
- BILLABLE Z93.8 Other artificial opening status
- BILLABLE Z93.9 Artificial opening status, unspecified
Coding Notes for Z93 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." - Artificial openings requiring attention or management - instead, use code Z43.-
- Complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-) - instead, use code J95.0-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z93 - Artificial opening status'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z93. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.