Is Z44.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z44.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z44.2 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).

What cannot be coded together with Z44.2?

Z44.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z44.2

Z44.2 — Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z44.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

mechanical complication of ocular prosthesis (T85.3)

Risk adjustment

Z44.2 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 Z44.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z44. If Z44.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z44.2

Is Z44.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z44.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z44.2 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).
What cannot be coded together with Z44.2?: Z44.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.