Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external breast prosthesis
Non-billable header
Z44.3 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.
- complications of breast implant (T85.4-)
- encounter for adjustment or removal of breast implant (Z45.81-)
- encounter for initial breast implant insertion for cosmetic breast augmentation (Z41.1)
- encounter for breast reconstruction following mastectomy (Z42.1)
- 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.
Also known as
- Admission, adjustment, breast, prosthesis
- Admission, adjustment, prosthesis, breast
- Admission, fitting, breast prosthesis
- Admission, fitting, prosthesis, breast
- Fitting, artificial, breast
- Fitting, device NOS, prosthetic, breast
- Fitting, prosthesis, breast
- Removal, external, prosthesis, prosthetic device, breast
Parent code
- Z44Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic deviceHeader
More specific codes Z44.3
Related codes
- Z44.0Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial armHeader
- Z44.1Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial legHeader
- Z44.2Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eyeHeader
- Z44.8Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devicesBillable
- Z44.9Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified external prosthetic deviceBillable