PERSONS ENCOUNTERING HEALTH SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND AFTERCARE (V50-V59)
Note:
Categories V51-V58 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care in patients who may have already been treated for some disease or injury not now present, or who are receiving care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, or to prevent recurrence.
Excludes:
follow-up examination for medical surveillance following treatment (V67.0-V67.9)
V55 Attention to artificial openings
Includes:
adjustment or repositioning of catheter
closure
passage of sounds or bougies
reforming
removal or replacement of catheter
toilet or cleansing
Excludes:
complications of external stoma (519.00-519.09, 569.60-569.69, 596.81-596.83, 997.49)
status only, without need for care (V44.0-V44.9)
Nephrostomy
Ureterostomy
Urethrostomy

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