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Z51.8 Other specified medical care

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Z51.8 is the ICD-10 code for Other specified medical care. It is a four-character subcategory of Z51 (Other medical care), 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 Z51.8 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • holiday relief care Z75.5

Z51.8 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

Z51.8Annan specificerad medicinsk vård

NorwayICD-10-NO

Z51.8Kontakt med helsetjenesten for annet spesifisert behandlingstiltak

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DZ518Anden særlig indikation for sundhedsfaglig indsats

  • DZ518AKontakt mhp. afslutning af tidligt hjemmeophold (THO)
FinlandICD-10-FI

Listed through more specific codes:

  • Z51.80Murrosiän kehityksen muuttaminen hormonihoidolla
  • Z51.88Muu lääketieteellinen hoito
GermanyICD-10-GM

Z51.8Sonstige näher bezeichnete medizinische Behandlung

  • Z51.81Apherese
  • Z51.82Kombinierte Strahlen- und Chemotherapiesitzung wegen bösartiger Neubildung
  • Z51.83Opiatsubstitution
  • Z51.88Sonstige näher bezeichnete medizinische Behandlung
FranceICD-10-FR

Z51.8Autres formes précisées de soins médicaux

  • Z51.80Séance d’oxygénothérapie hyperbare
  • Z51.88Autres formes précisées de soins médicaux, non classées ailleurs
NetherlandsICD-10-NL

Z51.8overige gespecificeerde medische zorg

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • Z51.81Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring
  • Z51.89Encounter for other specified aftercare

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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