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.

Check Z46.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Encounter for fitting and adjustment of dentures

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z46.3

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 Z46.3

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›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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.