Z45.2

Z45.2: Encounter for adjustment and management of vascular access device

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z45.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for adjustment and management of vascular access device. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z45.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

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

encounter for adjustment and management of renal dialysis catheter (Z49.01)

Inclusion terms

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

Encounter for adjustment and management of vascular catheters

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z45.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z45: Encounter for adjustment and management of implanted device

malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z45.2

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z45: Encounter for adjustment and management of implanted device

encounter for fitting and adjustment of non-implanted device (Z46.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fitting›portacath(port-a-cath)
Management›vascular access device
Removal›vascular access device or catheter
Admission›adjustment›portacath(port-a-cath)
Removal›catheter›vascular NEC
Admission›adjustment›device NEC›implanted›vascular access

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.