Z45.9

Z45.9: Encounter for adjustment and management of unspecified implanted device

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z45.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for adjustment and management of unspecified implanted device. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z45.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z45.9

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 Z45.9

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.

Medicare coverage

Z45.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Management›implanted device
Management›prosthesis›implanted

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.