Is Z48.817 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z48.817 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z48.817 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).

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.

Risk adjustment

Z48.817 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

Z48.817 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

How Z48.817 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 Z48.817.

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

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z48.81. If Z48.817 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z48.817

Is Z48.817 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z48.817 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z48.817 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).