2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z51.89
Encounter for other specified aftercare
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Z51.89
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Encounter for other specified aftercare
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
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- Code Information
- Approximate Synonyms
- Clinical Classification
- Clinical Information
- Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
- Index to Diseases and Injuries References
- Diagnostic Related Groups Mapping
- Present on Admission (POA)
- Convert to ICD-9 Code
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- Other Codes Used Similar Conditions
- Code History
Z51.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of encounter for other specified aftercare. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Convalescence
- Convalescence after chemotherapy
- Convalescence after fracture treatment
- Convalescence after psychotherapy
- Convalescence after radiotherapy
- Convalescence following rehabilitation therapy
- Medical illness convalescence
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Other aftercare encounter
- CCSR Category Code: FAC010
- 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.
Clinical Information
Convalescence
the period of recovery following an illness.
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);
- - aftercare - See Also: Aftercare; - Z51.89
- - Aftercare - See Also: Care; - Z51.89
Present on Admission (POA)
Z51.89 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
POA Indicator | Reason for Code | CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG? |
---|---|---|
Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. | YES |
N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. | NO |
U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | NO |
W | Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | YES |
1 | Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. | NO |
Convert Z51.89 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: V58.89 - Other specfied aftercare
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. - ICD-9-CM Code: V58.9 - Aftercare NOS
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
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.