Z98.3 — Post therapeutic collapse of lung status
Z98.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for post therapeutic collapse of lung status. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
- underlying disease
Other codes that can never be billed with Z98.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z98.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z98.3 alone.
- J98.1Pulmonary collapse
Risk adjustment
Z98.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Z98.3 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 Z98.3.
- Postoperative›pneumothorax, therapeutic
- Postsurgery status›pneumothorax, therapeutic
- Status›pneumothorax, therapeutic
- Status›postoperative NEC›pneumothorax, therapeutic
- Status›postsurgical NEC›pneumothorax, therapeutic
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z98. If Z98.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z98.3
- Is Z98.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z98.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z98.3 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).