Z44.2

Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye

Non-billable header

Z44.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from Z44)

  • removal or replacement of external prosthetic device
  • Note: Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • Note: (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • Note: (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • mechanical complication of ocular prosthesis (T85.3)
  • malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index (from Z44)
  • presence of prosthetic device (Z97.-) (from Z44)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment (Z08-Z09) (from Z44)

Also known as

  • Admission, adjustment, artificial, eye
  • Admission, adjustment, prosthesis, eye
  • Admission, fitting, artificial, eye
  • Admission, fitting, prosthesis, eye
  • Encounter, removal, artificial, eye
  • Fitting, artificial, eye
  • Fitting, device NOS, prosthetic, eye
  • Fitting, prosthesis, eye
  • Removal, artificial, eye

Parent code

  • Z44Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic deviceHeader

More specific codes Z44.2

  • Z44.20Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye, unspecifiedBillable
  • Z44.21Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial right eyeBillable
  • Z44.22Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial left eyeBillable

Related codes

  • Z44.0Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial armHeader
  • Z44.1Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial legHeader
  • Z44.3Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external breast prosthesisHeader
  • Z44.8Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devicesBillable
  • Z44.9Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified external prosthetic deviceBillable

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