Z93
Header — not billableArtificial opening status
The ICD-10 code for artificial opening status is Z93.
Z93 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Z93
- Z93.0Tracheostomy status
- Z93.1Gastrostomy status
- Z93.2Ileostomy status
- Z93.3Colostomy status
- Z93.4Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status
- Z93.5Cystostomy statusnon-billable header
- Z93.6Other artificial openings of urinary tract status
- Z93.8Other artificial opening status
- Z93.9Artificial opening status, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- Z77Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to healthnon-billable header
- Z78Other specified health statusnon-billable header
- Z79Long term (current) drug therapynon-billable header
- Z80Family history of primary malignant neoplasmnon-billable header
- Z81Family history of mental and behavioral disordersnon-billable header
- Z82Family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement)non-billable header
- Z83Family history of other specific disordersnon-billable header
- Z84Family history of other conditionsnon-billable header
- Z85Personal history of malignant neoplasmnon-billable header
- Z86Personal history of certain other diseasesnon-billable header
- Z87Personal history of other diseases and conditionsnon-billable header
- Z88Allergy status to drugs, medicaments and biological substancesnon-billable header
- Z89Acquired absence of limbnon-billable header
- Z90Acquired absence of organs, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- Z91Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- Z92Personal history of medical treatmentnon-billable header
- Z94Transplanted organ and tissue statusnon-billable header
- Z95Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and graftsnon-billable header
- Z96Presence of other functional implantsnon-billable header
- Z97Presence of other devicesnon-billable header
- Z98Other postprocedural statesnon-billable header
- Z99Dependence on enabling machines and devices, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- Z93Artificial opening statusnon-billable header