Z45.82

Z45.82: Encounter for adjustment or removal of myringotomy device (stent) (tube)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z45.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for adjustment or removal of myringotomy device (stent) (tube). It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z45.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z45.82

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 Z45.82

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›myringotomy device(stent) (tube)
Removal›myringotomy device(stent) (tube)
Encounter›adjustment and management›myringotomy device(stent) (tube)
Encounter›removal›myringotomy device(stent) (tube)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.