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Z40.82

Z40.82: Encounter for prophylactic surgery for removal of fallopian tube(s) for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z40.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for prophylactic surgery for removal of fallopian tube(s) for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Encounter for prophylactic salpingectomy for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors
  • Opportunistic salpingectomy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z40.82

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z40: Encounter for prophylactic surgery

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

Other codes that can never be billed with Z40.82

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z29Encounter for other prophylactic measures

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Opportunistic salpingectomy
  • Admission›prophylactic›salpingectomy for persons without known genetic/ familial risk factors
  • Admission›prophylactic›organ removal›fallopian tube›for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors

Code history

  • addedFY2024-FY2027

    Encounter for prophylactic surgery for removal of fallopian tube(s) for persons without known genetic/familial risk factors

Other codes under Z40.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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