Z30.44
Z30.44 — Encounter for surveillance of vaginal ring hormonal contraceptive device
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z30.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for surveillance of vaginal ring hormonal contraceptive device. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z30.44 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Z30.44 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z30.44.
- Contraception, contraceptive›maintenance›vaginal ring hormonal
- Prescription of contraceptives›repeat›vaginal ring hormonal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z30.4. If Z30.44 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z30.40Encounter for surveillance of contraceptives, unspecified
- Z30.41Encounter for surveillance of contraceptive pills
- Z30.42Encounter for surveillance of injectable contraceptive
- Z30.43Encounter for surveillance of intrauterine contraceptive device
- Z30.45Encounter for surveillance of transdermal patch hormonal contraceptive device
- Z30.46Encounter for surveillance of implantable subdermal contraceptive
- Z30.49Encounter for surveillance of other contraceptives
Questions about Z30.44
- Is Z30.44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z30.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z30.44 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction (Z30-Z39).