Z42

The ICD-10-CM code for encntr for plast/recnst surg fol med proc or healed injury is Z42. The full clinical description is "Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury". Z42 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code Z42 represents “Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact With Health Services and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, Z42 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 2 child codes under Z42.

Z42 is in Chapter 22: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact With Health Services (codes Z00-Z99).

Z42 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: encounter for cosmetic plastic surgery (Z41.1); encounter for plastic surgery for treatment of current injury - code to relevent injury.

Z42 has 2 child codes, including: Z42.1 (Encounter for breast reconstruction following mastectomy), Z42.8 (Encntr for oth plast/recnst surg fol med proc or heal injury).

Z42 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2910800. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like encntr for plast/recnst surg fol med proc or healed injury affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

Z42 maps to the ICD-11 code: QB83 (Follow-up care involving plastic surgery).