Z46.0

Z46.0: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of spectacles and contact lenses

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z46.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of spectacles and contact lenses. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z46.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z46.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z46: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices

malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z46.0

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

Written on Z46: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices

encounter for fitting and management of implanted devices (Z45.-)
issue of repeat prescription only (Z76.0)
presence of prosthetic and other devices (Z95-Z97)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fitting›contact lenses
Fitting›glasses(reading)
Fitting›spectacles
Admission›adjustment›contact lenses
Admission›adjustment›spectacles
Admission›fitting›contact lenses
Admission›fitting›spectacles
Fitting›device NOS›orthoptic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.