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Z40.0 Prophylactic surgery for risk-factors related to malignant neoplasms

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Z40.0 is the ICD-10 code for Prophylactic surgery for risk-factors related to malignant neoplasms. It is a four-character subcategory of Z40 (Prophylactic surgery), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block Z40–Z54 (Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and health care) in Chapter XXI, Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XXI · Z00–Z99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What Z40.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Admission for prophylactic organ removal

Z40.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

Z40.0Profylaktisk kirurgi för riskfaktorer i samband med maligna tumörer

NorwayICD-10-NO

Z40.0Kontakt med helsetjenesten for forebyggende kirurgi ved risikofaktorer i forbindelse med ondartet svulst

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DZ400Kontakt mhp. forebyggende indgreb relateret til kræftsygdom

  • DZ400AKontakt mhp. forebyggende indgreb på andet organ ved kræftsygdom
  • DZ400BKontakt mhp. indgreb på andet organ som behandling ved kræftsygdom
FinlandICD-10-FI

Z40.0Pahanlaatuisten kasvainten vaaran takia tehty ehkäisevä leikkaus

GermanyICD-10-GM

Z40.0Prophylaktische Operation wegen Risikofaktoren in Verbindung mit bösartigen Neubildungen

  • Z40.00Prophylaktische Operation an der Brustdrüse [Mamma]
  • Z40.01Prophylaktische Operation am Ovar
  • Z40.08Prophylaktische Operation an sonstigen Organen
FranceICD-10-FR

Z40.0Opération prophylactique pour facteur de risque de tumeurs malignes

  • Z40.00Ablation prophylactique de sein
  • Z40.01Ablation prophylactique d’organe de l’appareil génital féminin
  • Z40.02Ablation prophylactique d’organe de l’appareil digestif
  • Z40.08Ablation prophylactique d'autres organes
NetherlandsICD-10-NL

Z40.0preventieve chirurgie voor risicofactoren verband houdend met maligne

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • Z40.00Encounter for prophylactic removal of unspecified organ
  • Z40.01Encounter for prophylactic removal of breast
  • Z40.02Encounter for prophylactic removal of ovary(s)
  • Z40.03Encounter for prophylactic removal of fallopian tube(s)
  • Z40.09Encounter for prophylactic removal of other organ

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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