Is Z46.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z46.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z46.3 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).

Z46.3

Z46.3 — Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z46.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of dental prosthetic device. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dentures

Risk adjustment

Z46.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How Z46.3 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z46.3.

Fitting›dentures
Admission›adjustment›dental prosthesis
Admission›fitting›dental prosthesis
Admission›fitting›dentures
Fitting›prosthesis›dental
Admission›adjustment›prosthesis›dental
Admission›fitting›prosthesis›dental
Fitting›device NOS›prosthetic›dental
Admission›adjustment›device NEC›prosthetic›dental
Admission›fitting›device NEC›prosthetic›dental

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z46. If Z46.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z46.3

Is Z46.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z46.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z46.3 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).