QB8Z Contact with health services for specific surgical interventions, unspecified

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 specific surgical interventions, unspecified
• persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care
• elective surgical procedure
• elective procedure
• elective surgery

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