2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z04.3

Encounter for examination and observation following other accident

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z04.3
ICD-10 Code for:
Encounter for exam and observation following oth accident
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons encountering health services for examinations
      (Z00-Z13)
      • Encounter for examination and observation for other reasons
        (Z04)

Z04.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of encounter for examination and observation following other accident. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Accident caused by blizzard
  • Accident caused by brief heavy rainfall
  • Accident caused by collapse of dam
  • Accident caused by continuing torrential rain
  • Accident caused by cyclone
  • Accident caused by earth surface movement
  • Accident caused by electric cooker in private dwelling
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance in public building
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance in residential institution
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance in school
  • Accident caused by electric wiring or appliance outdoors
  • Accident caused by high wind
  • Accident caused by high wind
  • Accident caused by high wind
  • Accident caused by hurricane
  • Accident caused by landslide
  • Accident caused by movement of earth's crust
  • Accident caused by mud slide
  • Accident caused by rainfall
  • Accident caused by rainfall
  • Accident caused by rockfall
  • Accident caused by snow avalanche
  • Accident caused by storms and floods resulting from storms
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident caused by tidal wave
  • Accident caused by tidal wave storm
  • Accident due to abandonment of child
  • Accident due to abandonment of disabled person
  • Accident due to abandonment of elderly person
  • Accident due to abandonment of newborn
  • Accident due to abandonment or neglect of helpless person
  • Accident due to abandonment or neglect of helpless person
  • Accident due to abandonment or neglect of helpless person
  • Accident due to abandonment or neglect of helpless person
  • Accident due to abandonment or neglect of helpless person
  • Accident due to animal or plant
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold of man-made origin
  • Accident due to cold weather
  • Accident due to destitution
  • Accident due to dry ice
  • Accident due to environmental factor
  • Accident due to excessive cold
  • Accident due to exposure to excessive humidity
  • Accident due to exposure to humidity
  • Accident due to high air pressure from rapid descent in water
  • Accident due to high air pressure from rapid descent in water while diving
  • Accident due to high or low air pressure or changes in air pressure due to diving
  • Accident due to high pressure in diving
  • Accident due to hunger, thirst, exposure and neglect
  • Accident due to lack of food
  • Accident due to liquid air
  • Accident due to liquid hydrogen
  • Accident due to liquid nitrogen
  • Accident due to liquid oxygen
  • Accident due to neglect of child
  • Accident due to neglect of disabled person
  • Accident due to neglect of elderly person
  • Accident due to pressure changes in diving
  • Accident due to pressure changes in diving
  • Accident due to pressure changes in diving
  • Accident due to pressure changes in diving
  • Accident due to pressure changes in diving
  • Accident due to privation, unqualified
  • Accident due to reduction air pressure - ascent from diving
  • Accident due to reduction in atmospheric pressure, surfacing from underground
  • Accident due to refrigerator
  • Accident due to striking by hailstones
  • Accident due to sudden air pressure change, aircraft diving
  • Accident due to sudden change in air pressure in aircraft
  • Accident due to sudden change in air pressure in aircraft
  • Accident due to sudden loss of aircraft cabin pressure
  • Accident while engaged in household activity
  • Accidents due to travel and motion
  • Transport vehicle washed off road by storm

Clinical Classification

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).

Convert Z04.3 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: V71.4 - Observ-accident NEC
    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.