Z43 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2026 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Encounter for attention to artificial openings.
Includes
Closure of artificial openings
Passage of sounds or bougies through artificial openings
Reforming artificial openings
Removal of catheter from artificial openings
Toilet or cleansing of artificial openings
Type 1 excludes
Type 2 excludes
Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic and other devices (Z44-Z46)
Codes
Z43.0
Encounter for attention to tracheostomy
Z43.1
Encounter for attention to gastrostomy
Z43.2
Encounter for attention to ileostomy
Z43.3
Encounter for attention to colostomy
Z43.4
Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
Z43.5
Encounter for attention to cystostomy
Z43.6
Encounter for attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract
Z43.7
Encounter for attention to artificial vagina
Z43.8
Encounter for attention to other artificial openings
Z43.9
Encounter for attention to unspecified artificial opening
Versions
2026
No changes
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
Code changed
Type 1 excludes
artificial opening status only, without need for care (Z93.-)complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
- complications of external stoma (J95.0-, K94.-, N99.5-)
2017
No changes
2016
New code