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Z97.3

Z97.3: Presence of spectacles and contact lenses

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z97.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for presence of spectacles and contact lenses. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z97.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z97.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z97: Presence of other devices

  • complications of internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z97.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z97: Presence of other devices

  • fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
  • presence of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device (Z98.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z97.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z18Retained foreign body fragments
  • Z44Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Presence›contact lens(es)
  • Presence›spectacles

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z97

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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