Z45.41
Z45.41: Encounter for adjustment and management of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z45.41 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for adjustment and management of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z45.41 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for adjustment and management of cerebral ventricular (communicating) shunt
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z45.41
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 Z45.41
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z45.41 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Management›cerebrospinal fluid drainage device
- Admission›adjustment›device NEC›implanted›nervous system›CSF drainage
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.