2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z40.00
Encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Z40.00
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Z40.00 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like Z40.00 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
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.
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
- - prophylactic (measure) - See Also: Encounter, prophylactic measures;
- - Prophylactic
- - organ removal (for neoplasia management) - Z40.00
Convert Z40.00 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: V50.49 - Prphylct orgn rmvl other
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.