ICD-10 CM Code Z48.00
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Z48 Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
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Z48.0 Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
Z48.00
Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing
Inclusion Term
- Encounter for change or removal of wound dressing NOS
Excludes Type 1
- encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure (Z48.1)
- encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)
- encounter for aftercare following injury - code to Injury, by site, with appropriate 7th character for subsequent encounter
Excludes Type 2
- encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
- encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
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