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PERSONS ENCOUNTERING HEALTH SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND AFTERCARE (V50-V59)
Note: Categories V51-V58 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care in patients who may have already been treated for some disease or injury not now present, or who are receiving care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, or to prevent recurrence.
Excludes: follow-up examination for medical surveillance following treatment (V67.0-V67.9) | |
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| V51 Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery
Includes: Plastic surgery following healed injury or operation
Excludes: cosmetic plastic surgery (V50.1)
plastic surgery as treatment for current condition or injury-code to condition or injury
repair of scar tissue-code to scar |
| V52 Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic device and implant
Includes: removal of device
Excludes: malfunction or complication of prosthetic device (996.0-996.7)
status only, without need for care (V43.0-V43.8) |
| V53 Fitting and adjustment of other device
Includes: removal of device
replacement of device
Excludes: status only, without need for care (V45.0-V45.8) |
| V54 Other orthopedic aftercare
Excludes: fitting and adjustment of orthopedic devices (V53.7)
malfunction of internal orthopedic device (996.40-996.49)
other complication of nonmechanical nature (996.60-996.79) |
| V55 Attention to artificial openings
Includes: adjustment or repositioning of catheter
closure
passage of sounds or bougies
reforming
removal or replacement of catheter
toilet or cleansing
Excludes: complications of external stoma (519.00-519.09, 569.60-569.69, 997.4, 997.5)
status only, without need for care (V44.0-V44.9) |
| V56 Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care
Use additional code to identify the associated condition
Excludes: dialysis preparation-code to condition |
| V57 Care involving use of rehabilitation procedures
Use additional code to identify underlying condition |
| V58 Encounter for other and unspecified procedures and aftercare
Excludes: convalescence and palliative care(V66.0-V66.9) |
| V59 Donors
Excludes: examination of potential donor (V70.8)
self-donation of organ or tissue-code to condition |