Question

A patient is dependent on a respiratory ventilator and has a tracheostomy in need of revision due to redundant scar tissue formation surrounding the site at the skin of the neck. under general anesthesia and establishing the airway to maintain ventilation, the scar tissue is resected and then repair is accomplished using skin flap rotation from the adjacent tissue of the neck. what icd-10-cm codes are reported?

Answer 1

Z43, Z99.11, Z93

Step-by-step explanation:

In this type of condition Z codes are used. There are three different codes which are used to indicate the care.

Z43 indicate patient's Encounter for attention to tracheostomy

Z99.11 indicate patient's dependence on respirator

Z93 indicate patient's tracheostomy status

Answer 2

The Z status codes can be used with the Z codes of aftercare toindicate the nature of such care, the code Z43.0 is for "Contact for tracheostomy care", together with Z93.0 which means "Status oftracheostomy" and Z99.11 "Respirator dependency status [ventilator]"