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Z43

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Encounter for attention to artificial openings

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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✅ Includes

  • • closure of artificial openings
  • • passage of sounds or bougies through artificial openings
  • • reforming artificial openings
  • • removal of catheter from artificial openings
  • • toilet or cleansing of artificial openings

❌ Excludes1

direct

Cannot be coded with Z43

  • • complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Child Codes (10)

Z43.0Encounter for attention to tracheostomyZ43.1Encounter for attention to gastrostomyZ43.2Encounter for attention to ileostomyZ43.3Encounter for attention to colostomyZ43.4Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tractZ43.5Encounter for attention to cystostomyZ43.6Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tractZ43.7Encounter for attention to artificial vaginaZ43.8Encounter for attention to other artificial openingsZ43.9Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening

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Code Information

CodeZ43
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryFactors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Excludes11 rule(s)
Excludes21 note(s)
Child codes10

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)