Is Z93.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z93.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z93.4 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).

Z93.4

Z93.4 — Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z93.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z93.4 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 463 Artificial Openings for Feeding or Elimination0.673 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

How Z93.4 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 Z93.4.

Jejunostomy status
Enterostomy›status
Status›enterostomy
Status›jejunostomy
Artificial›opening status›enterostomy
Artificial›opening status›intestinal tract NEC
Artificial›opening status›jejunostomy
Status›artificial opening›gastrointestinal tract

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z93. If Z93.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z93.4

Is Z93.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z93.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z93.4 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).