Z48.813

Z48.813: Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the respiratory system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z48.813 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the respiratory system. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z48.813 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z48.813

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z48.81: Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems

aftercare for injury- code the injury with 7th character D
aftercare following surgery for neoplasm (Z48.3)

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 Z48.813

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

Written on Z48.81: Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems

aftercare following organ transplant (Z48.2-)
orthopedic aftercare (Z47.-)

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

Aftercare›following surgery›respiratory system
Aftercare›following surgery›specified body system›respiratory

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.