ICD10Check
CheckerBrowseOpen

Z48

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

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.

Check This Code

❌ Excludes1

direct

Cannot be coded with Z48

  • • 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

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
  • • encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Child Codes (5)

Z48.0Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drainsZ48.1Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closureZ48.2Encounter for aftercare following organ transplantZ48.3Aftercare following surgery for neoplasmZ48.8Encounter for other specified postprocedural aftercare

🧪 Validate Combinations

Add Z48 to the Excludes Checker to validate against your full code list.

Open in Checker →

Code Information

CodeZ48
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryFactors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Excludes12 rule(s)
Excludes22 note(s)
Child codes5

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)