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Chapter XXI
Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care - Z40-Z54
Note:
Categories Z40-Z54 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care. They may be used for patients who have already been treated for a disease or injury, but who are receiving follow-up or prophylactic care, convalescent care, or care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, to ensure that the condition has not recurred, or to prevent recurrence.
Excludes:
- follow-up examination for medical surveillance after treatment ( Z08-Z09 )
- Z40 Prophylactic surgery
- Z41 Procedures for purposes other than remedying health state
- Z42 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery
- Z43 Attention to artificial openings
- Z44 Fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device
- Z45 Adjustment and management of implanted device
- Z46 Fitting and adjustment of other devices
- Z47 Other orthopaedic follow-up care
- Z48 Other surgical follow-up care
- Z49 Care involving dialysis
- Z50 Care involving use of rehabilitation procedures
- Z51 Other medical care
- Z52 Donors of organs and tissues
- Z53 Persons encountering health services for specific procedures, not carried out
- Z54 Convalescence
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