Z93

Z93: Artificial opening status

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z93 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for artificial opening status. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

artificial openings requiring attention or management (Z43.-)
complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)

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 Z93

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Z93.0Tracheostomy status
Z93.1Gastrostomy status
Z93.2Ileostomy status
Z93.3Colostomy status
Z93.4Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status
Z93.5Cystostomy status
Z93.6Other artificial openings of urinary tract status
Z93.8Other artificial opening status
Z93.9Artificial opening status, unspecified