Z18.09
Z18.09: Other retained radioactive fragments
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z18.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other retained radioactive fragments. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z18.09 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Other retained depleted isotope fragments
- Retained nontherapeutic radioactive fragments
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z18.09
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z18: Retained foreign body fragments
- artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
- foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
- foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
- in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
- organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
- organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
- personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
- superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site
Other codes that can never be billed with Z18.09
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Retained›foreign body fragments›depleted isotope
- Retained›foreign body fragments›nontherapeutic radioactive
- Retained›foreign body fragments›radioactive NEC(nontherapeutic)
- Retained›fragments›depleted isotope
- Retained›fragments›nontherapeutic radioactive
- Retained›fragments›radioactive NEC(nontherapeutic)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.