Z43.7
Z43.7 — Encounter for attention to artificial vagina
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z43.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for attention to artificial vagina. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z43.7 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 Z43.7 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 Z43.7.
- Admission›attention to artificial opening›artificial vagina
- Attention›artificial›vagina
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z43. If Z43.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z43.0Encounter for attention to tracheostomy
- Z43.1Encounter for attention to gastrostomy
- Z43.2Encounter for attention to ileostomy
- Z43.3Encounter for attention to colostomy
- Z43.4Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
- Z43.5Encounter for attention to cystostomy
- Z43.6Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract
- Z43.8Encounter for attention to other artificial openings
- Z43.9Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening
Questions about Z43.7
- Is Z43.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z43.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z43.7 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).