Z03.823: Encounter for observation for suspected inserted (injected) foreign body ruled out
Z03.823 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for observation for suspected inserted (injected) foreign body ruled out. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z03.823 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for observation for suspected inserted (injected) foreign body in eye ruled out
- Encounter for observation for suspected inserted (injected) foreign body in orifice ruled out
- Encounter for observation for suspected inserted (injected) foreign body in skin ruled out
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z03.823
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z03.82: Encounter for observation for suspected foreign body ruled out
Written on Z03: Encounter for medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z03.823
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z03.823
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z03.823 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Observation›suspected, ruled out›foreign body›inserted(injected), in (eye) (orifice) (skin)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.