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Z40

Encounter for prophylactic surgery

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 21. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

Section: Z40-Z53 - Encounters for other specific health care

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with Z40

  • organ donations (Z52.-)
  • therapeutic organ removal-code to condition

Specific Codes (3)

Z40.0Category

Encounter for prophylactic surgery for risk factors related to malignant neoplasms

Z40.8Category

Encounter for other prophylactic surgery

Z40.9Billable

Encounter for prophylactic surgery, unspecified

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