A patient is dependent on a respiratory ventilator and has a tracheostomy in need of revision due to redundant scar tissue formation surrounding the site at the skin of the neck. under general anesthesia and establishing the airway to maintain ventilation, the scar tissue is resected and then repair is accomplished using skin flap rotation from the adjacent tissue of the neck. what icd-10-cm codes are reported?

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Gloria Molina

25 May, 03:52

A patient is dependent on a respiratory ventilator and has a tracheostomy in need of revision due to redundant scar tissue formation surrounding the site at the skin of the neck. under general anesthesia and establishing the airway to maintain ventilation, the scar tissue is resected and then repair is accomplished using skin flap rotation from the adjacent tissue of the neck. what icd-10-cm codes are reported?

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Annabelle Gross · Answer 1

The Z status codes can be used with the Z codes of aftercare toindicate the nature of such care, the code Z43.0 is for "Contact for tracheostomy care", together with Z93.0 which means "Status oftracheostomy" and Z99.11 "Respirator dependency status [ventilator]"