Z43
ICD-10Non-billable categoryEncounter for attention to artificial openings
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Encounter for attention to artificial openings
Z43 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Includes
- closure of artificial openings
- passage of sounds or bougies through artificial openings
- reforming artificial openings
- removal of catheter from artificial openings
- toilet or cleansing of artificial openings
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
More specific codes under Z43
- Z43.0Encounter for attention to tracheostomy
- Z43.1Encounter for attention to gastrostomy
- Z43.2Encounter for attention to ileostomy
- Z43.3Encounter for attention to colostomy
- Z43.4Encounter for attn to oth artif openings of digestive tract
- Z43.5Encounter for attention to cystostomy
- Z43.6Encounter for attn to oth artif openings of urinary tract
- Z43.7Encounter for attention to artificial vagina
- Z43.8Encounter for attention to other artificial openings
- Z43.9Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.