Z48.290 — Encounter for aftercare following bone marrow transplant
Z48.290 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for aftercare following bone marrow transplant. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z48.290 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 454 Stem Cell, Including Bone Marrow, Transplant Status/Complications1.068 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
Z48.290 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies — 16 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 Z48.290 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 Z48.290.
- Aftercare›following surgery›organ transplant›bone marrow
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z48.29. If Z48.290 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z48.290
- Is Z48.290 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z48.290 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z48.290 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).