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QB8Y Contact with health services for other specified surgical interventions

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

coding note

Codes in this category are intended for use to indicate a reason for care when no specific diagnosis has been documented. They may be used for patients who have already been treated for a disease or injury, but who are receiving follow-up or prophylactic care, convalescent care, or care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, to ensure that the condition has not recurred, or to prevent recurrence.

synonyms

• Contact with health services for other specified surgical interventions
• Follow-up care involving removal of external fixation device
• Orthopaedic follow-up care, unspecified
• orthopedic aftercare
• unspecified orthopedic aftercare
• Surgical follow-up care, unspecified
• aftercare following surgery NOS
• Procedure for transgender reassignment
• Intravenous therapy, following surgery without reported diagnosis

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