Kodex Z18.11

Hierarchy

Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
(a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
(b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
- Z96.6 Presence of orthopedic joint implants
foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
- T81.5 Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
- T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
- Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts
organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
- Z96 Presence of other functional implants
- Z97 Presence of other devices
organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
- Z94 Transplanted organ and tissue status
personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site