ICD-Code Z42: Follow-up care involving plastic surgery
- Z42.0 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of head and neck
- Z42.1 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of breast
- Z42.2 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of other parts of trunk
- Z42.3 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of upper extremity
- Z42.4 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of lower extremity
- Z42.8 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery of other body part
- Z42.9 Follow-up care involving plastic surgery, unspecified
Note
In outpatient care, the ICD code on medical documents is always appended with a diagnostic confidence indicator (A, G, V or Z): A (excluded diagnosis), G (confirmed diagnosis), V (tentative diagnosis) and Z (condition after a confirmed diagnosis).
Source
The explanations of ICD and OPS codes are provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG). Unfortunately, no explanation is currently available for this code.