Z48.0 - Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
The ICD 10 Code for Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains is listed as Z48.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | Z48.0
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| Description: | Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
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| Chapter | Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99) |
| Block | Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53) |
| Parent | Z48 - Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of Z48.0: | |
| Z48.00 - Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressing | |
| Z48.01 - Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing | |
| Z48.02 - Encounter for removal of sutures | |
| Z48.03 - Encounter for change or removal of drains | |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Z48.0: | |
| Z48.1 - Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure | |
| Z48.2 - Encounter for aftercare following organ transplant | |
| Z48.3 - Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm | |
| Z48.8 - Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare | |