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Z48.0

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains

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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Cannot be coded with Z48.0

  • • encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure (Z48.1)

❌ Excludes1

inherited from Z48

Rules from parent category Z48: Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

  • • 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

inherited from Z48

Rules from parent category Z48: Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

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

Child Codes (4)

Z48.00Encounter for change or removal of nonsurgical wound dressingZ48.01Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressingZ48.02Encounter for removal of suturesZ48.03Encounter for change or removal of drains

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Code Information

CodeZ48.0
BillableNo — Header code
ParentZ48
CategoryFactors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Excludes13 rule(s)
Excludes22 note(s)
Child codes4

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CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)