ICD-10-CM category
Z44 Fitting and adjustment of external prosthetic device
Z44 is a category, not a billable code. Report one of the 26 complete codes below.
Codes in Z44
- Z44.001Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified right artificial arm
- Z44.002Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified left artificial arm
- Z44.009Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified artificial arm, unspecified arm
- Z44.011Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete right artificial arm
- Z44.012Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete left artificial arm
- Z44.019Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete artificial arm, unspecified arm
- Z44.021Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial right arm
- Z44.022Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial left arm
- Z44.029Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial arm, unspecified arm
- Z44.101Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified right artificial leg
- Z44.102Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified left artificial leg
- Z44.109Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified artificial leg, unspecified leg
- Z44.111Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete right artificial leg
- Z44.112Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete left artificial leg
- Z44.119Encounter for fitting and adjustment of complete artificial leg, unspecified leg
- Z44.121Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial right leg
- Z44.122Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial left leg
- Z44.129Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial leg, unspecified leg
- Z44.20Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial eye, unspecified
- Z44.21Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial right eye
- Z44.22Encounter for fitting and adjustment of artificial left eye
- Z44.30Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external breast prosthesis, unspecified breast
- Z44.31Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external right breast prosthesis
- Z44.32Encounter for fitting and adjustment of external left breast prosthesis
- Z44.8Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other external prosthetic devices
- Z44.9Encounter for fitting and adjustment of unspecified external prosthetic device
Outside the US? Z44 in the international WHO ICD-10 lists its inclusion and exclusion notes.
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ICD-10-CM is developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is based on the WHO ICD-10. Codes and titles are reproduced unchanged from the FY2026 code list (effective 1 October 2025). Their use here does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government. Changes effective on or after 1 October 2026 may not be reflected yet; check the current release at cdc.gov or cms.gov before submitting claims.
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