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ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for adjustment and management of other implanted nervous system device Z45.49

ICD-10 code Z45.49 for Encounter for adjustment and management of other implanted nervous system device is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .

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Encounter for adjustment and management of other implanted nervous system device

Z45

Includes: removal or replacement of implanted device

Excludes1: malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2: encounter for fitting and adjustment of non-implanted device (Z46.-)

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DX for Port Flush
[QUOTE="jenpham, post: 511941, member: 173686"] Can someone help with dx for patient comes to office for a port flush? The office report cancer or personal history of cancer as primary and Z45.2 as s... [ Read More ]
DX for Port Flush
Can someone help with dx for patient comes to office for a port flush? The office report cancer or personal history of cancer as primary and Z45.2 as secondary but the insurance denied for dx is inva... [ Read More ]
Device Clinic
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 502266, member: 5404"] The provider's documented reason for the service in the medical record will determine what codes you use and what the sequence will be. The Z45 codes ... [ Read More ]
Device Clinic
The provider's documented reason for the service in the medical record will determine what codes you use and what the sequence will be. The Z45 codes are typically used when the reason for the encoun... [ Read More ]
Device Clinic
When billing for device monitoring (93268 - 93298, G2066), should the z-code be billed as primary or secondary (i.e. Z45.02, z45.018, etc)?... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 coding for spinal cord stimulator
I would agree with using Z45.49 as the primary diagnosis. A battery change is not a malfunction of the stimulator so the T code would not be correct. The battery life for the devices is not indefini... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 coding for spinal cord stimulator
[QUOTE="cmrq866, post: 492109, member: 10451"] 63685 dx- it's not a medical complication you would use the reason why the stimulator has been placed to begin with. may also use Z45.49 in addition to t... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 coding for spinal cord stimulator
63685 dx- it's not a medical complication you would use the reason why the stimulator has been placed to begin with. may also use Z45.49 in addition to the primary dx... [ Read More ]
denials for ICD10 for surgery
[QUOTE="wynonna, post: 491170, member: 45822"] A Z code for "presence of tubes in ear" came back from insurance. They do not accept this diagnosis for 69424 That is the only diagnosis documented. May... [ Read More ]
remote interrogation dx
93298 is for an interrogation of an implanted monitoring device. These are diagnostic devices that monitor a patient to help the providers diagnose or treat a condition or symptom. If that's the cas... [ Read More ]
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