Z43 is the ICD-10 code for Attention to artificial openings. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. 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
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XXI · Z00–Z99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Z43 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- closure
- passage of sounds or bougies
- reforming
- removal of catheter
- toilet or cleansing
What Z43 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
Subcodes of Z43
- Z43.0Attention to tracheostomy
- Z43.1Attention to gastrostomy
- Z43.2Attention to ileostomy
- Z43.3Attention to colostomy
- Z43.4Attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
- Z43.5Attention to cystostomy
- Z43.6Attention to other artificial openings of urinary tract
- Z43.7Attention to artificial vagina
- Z43.8Attention to other artificial openings
- Z43.9Attention to unspecified artificial opening
Z43 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Z43Tekoaukon huolto
Z43Versorgung künstlicher Körperöffnungen
Z43Surveillance de stomies
Z43zorg voor kunstmatige lichaamsopeningen [stomata]
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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