Z44.8

Z44.8: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devices

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z44.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devices. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z44.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z44.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z44: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device

malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index
presence of prosthetic device (Z97.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z44.8 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fitting›prosthesis›specified NEC
Admission›adjustment›prosthesis›specified NEC
Admission›fitting›prosthesis›specified type NEC
Fitting›device NOS›prosthetic›specified NEC
Removal›external›prosthesis, prosthetic device›specified NEC
Admission›adjustment›device NEC›prosthetic›specified type NEC
Encounter›removal›external›prosthesis, prosthetic device›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.