Z48.817

Z48.817: Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z48.817 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on the skin and subcutaneous tissue. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z48.817 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z48.817

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 Z48.817

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.

Medicare coverage

Z48.817 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Aftercare›following surgery›skin and subcutaneous tissue
Aftercare›following surgery›specified body system›skin and subcutaneous tissue

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.