Z42.8
Encounter for other plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where Z42.8 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- Z42 Parent Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
- Z42.8 This code Encounter for other plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes1
encounter for cosmetic plastic surgery ( Z41.1 )
Inherited from Z42 — Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
Excludes1
encounter for plastic surgery for treatment of current injury - code to relevent injury
Inherited from Z42 — Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
Version History
How Z42.8 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentEncounter for other plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedEncounter for other plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury
Related Codes
Other codes under Z42
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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