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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

Z48.3

Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where Z48.3 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Z48 Parent Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare
  2. Z48.3 This code Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm

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 follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)

Inherited from Z48 — Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

Excludes1

encounter for aftercare following injury - code to Injury, by site, with appropriate 7th character for subsequent encounter

Inherited from Z48 — Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

Excludes2

encounter for attention to artificial openings ( Z43 .-)

Inherited from Z48 — Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

Excludes2

encounter for fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)

Inherited from Z48 — Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare

Use Additional Code

code to identify the neoplasm

Version History

How Z48.3 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Aftercare following surgery for neoplasm

Related Codes

Other codes under Z48

Codes whose official notes reference Z48.3

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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