Relax: The descriptors are already familiar.
With approximately 20 CPT® codes addressing hysterectomy, coding for the actual procedure could sometimes be a challenge.
Fortunately, selecting the correct diagnosis is a bit easier, provided your anesthesiologist or CRNA has documentation of a few key details.
ICD-10’s code choices fall under the family of Z90.7 (Acquired absence of genital organ[s]). Your options are:
The diagnosis selection is easy since you only have to know whether the surgeon completed a partial or complete hysterectomy.
Remember: Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed, so you’ll need that code from the surgeon (as with any anesthesia case). Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as ‘diagnoses’ or ‘problems.’