Z46.1
Z46.1: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of hearing aid
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z46.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of hearing aid. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z46.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- encounter for adjustment and management of implanted hearing device (Z45.32-)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z46.1
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 Z46.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z46.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z45.32Encounter for adjustment and management of implanted hearing device
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fitting›hearing aid
- Admission›adjustment›hearing aid
- Admission›fitting›hearing aid
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z46
- Z46.0Encounter for fitting and adjustment of spectacles and contact lenses
- Z46.2Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices related to nervous system and special senses
- Z46.3Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device
- Z46.4Encounter for fitting and adjustment of orthodontic device
- Z46.5Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other gastrointestinal appliance and device
- Z46.6Encounter for fitting and adjustment of urinary device
- Z46.8Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other specified devices
- Z46.9Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified device