Z48.288 — Encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant
Z48.288 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for aftercare following multiple organ transplant. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z48.288 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z48.288 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How Z48.288 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z48.288.
- Aftercare›following surgery›organ transplant›multiple organs NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z48.28. If Z48.288 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z48.288
- Is Z48.288 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z48.288 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z48.288 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).