Z48.1
Z48.1: Encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z48.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for planned postprocedural wound closure. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z48.1 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 attention to dressings and sutures (Z48.0-)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z48.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z48.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z48.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z48.0Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z48.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Aftercare›following surgery›delayed wound closure(planned)
- Aftercare›following surgery›planned wound closure
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.