PERSONS WITH A CONDITION INFLUENCING THEIR HEALTH STATUS (V40-V49)
Note:
These categories are intended for use when these conditions are recorded as "diagnoses" or "problems."
V46 Other dependence on machines and devices
V46.0: Aspirator
V46.1: Respirator [Ventilator]
Iron lung
V46.2: Supplemental oxygen
Long-term oxygen therapy
V46.3: Wheelchair dependence
Wheelchair confinement status
Code first cause of dependence, such as:
muscular dystrophy (359.1)
obesity (278.00-278.03)
V46.8: Other enabling machines
Hyperbaric chamber
Possum [Patient-Operated-Selector-Mechanism]
Excludes:
cardiac pacemaker (V45.0)
kidney dialysis machine (V45.11)
V46.9: Unspecified machine dependence
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