Z48.2

Z48.2: Encounter for aftercare following organ transplant

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z48.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for aftercare following organ transplant. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z48.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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 Z48.2

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z48.2

6 child codes. Green means billable.