Z44.0
Z44.0 — Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial arm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z44.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial arm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z44.0 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.
Code to one of these instead Z44.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z44. If Z44.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z44.1Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial leg
- Z44.2Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye
- Z44.3Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external breast prosthesis
- Z44.8Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devices
- Z44.9Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified external prosthetic device
Questions about Z44.0
- Is Z44.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z44.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z44.0 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).