2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z40.02
Encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s)
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Z40.02
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s)
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Z40.02 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s). The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
This code is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Encounter for prophylactic or other procedures
- CCSR Category Code: FAC004
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s) and fallopian tube(s)
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Admission (for) - See Also: Encounter (for);
- - prophylactic (measure) - See Also: Encounter, prophylactic measures;
- - organ removal - Z40.00
- - fallopian tube (s) - Z40.03
- - with ovary (s) - Z40.02
- - ovary (s) - Z40.02
- - fallopian tube (s) - Z40.03
- - organ removal - Z40.00
- - prophylactic (measure) - See Also: Encounter, prophylactic measures;
- - Prophylactic
- - organ removal (for neoplasia management) - Z40.00
- - fallopian tube (s) - Z40.03
- - with ovary (s) - Z40.02
- - ovary (s) - Z40.02
- - fallopian tube (s) - Z40.03
- - organ removal (for neoplasia management) - Z40.00
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Convert Z40.02 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: V50.42 - Prphylct orgn rmvl ovary
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.