Z48.01

Z48.01: Encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z48.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for change or removal of surgical wound dressing. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z48.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z48.01

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z48.0: Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains

encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure (Z48.1)

Written on Z48: Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)
encounter for aftercare following injury - code to Injury, by site, with appropriate 7th character for subsequent encounter

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z48.01

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

Written on Z48: Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

encounter for attention to artificial openings (Z43.-)
encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Attention›surgical dressings
Admission›change of›surgical dressing
Admission›removal of›surgical dressing
Change›dressing›surgical
Removal›dressing›surgical
Aftercare›involving›removal of›surgical dressings
Aftercare›following surgery›attention to›dressings›surgical

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.