Z94.2 — Lung transplant status
Z94.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lung transplant status. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z94.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 276 Lung Transplant Status/Complications2.531 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.
Medicare coverage
Z94.2 is named in 41 Medicare coverage policies — 41 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52474Immunosuppressive Drugs - Policy Article
- A52868Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
How Z94.2 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 Z94.2.
- Transplant›lung(s)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z94. If Z94.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z94.0Kidney transplant status
- Z94.1Heart transplant status
- Z94.3Heart and lungs transplant status
- Z94.4Liver transplant status
- Z94.5Skin transplant status
- Z94.6Bone transplant status
- Z94.7Corneal transplant status
- Z94.8Other transplanted organ and tissue status
- Z94.9Transplanted organ and tissue status, unspecified
Questions about Z94.2
- Is Z94.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z94.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z94.2 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).