Z53
Z53: Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and treatment, not carried out
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for persons encountering health services for specific procedures and treatment, not carried out. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Z53
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z53.0Procedure and treatment not carried out because of contraindication
- Z53.1Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for reasons of belief and group pressure
- Z53.2Procedure and treatment not carried out because of patient's decision for other and unspecified reasons
- Z53.3Procedure converted to open procedure
- Z53.8Procedure and treatment not carried out for other reasons
- Z53.9Procedure and treatment not carried out, unspecified reason