Z46.8

Z46.8: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other specified devices

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z46.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for fitting and adjustment of other specified devices. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z46.8

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 Z46.8

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z46.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.