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)
V58 Encounter for other and unspecified procedures and aftercare
Excludes:
convalescence and palliative care(V66.0-V66.9)
V58.0: Radiotherapy
Encounter or admission for radiotherapy
Excludes:
encounter for radioactive implant - code to condition
radioactive iodine therapy-code to condition
V58.1: Encounter for chemotherapy and immunotherapy for neoplastic conditions
Encounter or admission for chemotherapy
Excludes:
chemotherapy and immunotherapy for nonneoplastic conditions-code to condition
V58.2: Blood transfusion, without reported diagnosis
V58.3: Attention to dressings and sutures
Change or removal of wound packing
Excludes:
attention to drains (V58.49)
planned postoperative wound closure (V58.41)
V58.4: Other aftercare following surgery
Note:
Codes from this subcategory should be used in conjunction with other aftercare codes to fully identify the reason for the aftercare encounter.
Excludes:
aftercare following sterilization reversal surgery (V26.22)
attention to artificial openings (V55.0-V55.9)
orthopedic aftercare (V54.0-V54.9)
V58.5: Orthodontics
Excludes:
fitting and adjustment of orthodontic device (V53.4)
V58.6: Long-term (current) drug use
Long-term (current) prophylactic drug use
Excludes:
drug abuse (305.00-305.93)
drug abuse and dependence complicating pregnancy (648.3-648.4)
drug dependence (304.00-304.93)
hormone replacement therapy (postmenopausal) (V07.4)
use of agents affecting estrogen receptors and estrogen levels (V07.51-V07.59)
V58.7: Aftercare following surgery to specified body systems, not elsewhere classified
Note:
Codes from this subcategory should be used in conjunction with other aftercare codes to fully identify the reason for the aftercare encounter.
Excludes:
aftercare following organ transplant (V58.44)
aftercare following surgery for neoplasm (V58.42)
V58.8: Other specified procedures and aftercare
V58.9: Unspecified aftercare

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