Z09 Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Medical surveillance following completed treatment

Excludes1 (never code together)

• aftercare following medical care (Z43-Z49, Z51)
• surveillance of contraception (Z30.4-)
• surveillance of prosthetic and other medical devices (Z44-Z46)

Use additional code

• code to identify any applicable history of disease code (Z86.-, Z87.-)

Applies from Z09 Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm

Applicable to

• Medical surveillance following completed treatment

Excludes1 (never code together)

• aftercare following medical care (Z43-Z49, Z51)
• surveillance of contraception (Z30.4-)
• surveillance of prosthetic and other medical devices (Z44-Z46)

Use additional code

• code to identify any applicable history of disease code (Z86.-, Z87.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V67.00 Follow-up examination, following surgery, unspecified (approximate)
• V67.09 Follow-up examination, following other surgery (approximate)
• V67.1 Follow-up examination, following radiotherapy (approximate)
• V67.2 Follow-up examination, following chemotherapy (approximate)
• V67.3 Follow-up examination, following psychotherapy and other treatment for mental disorder (approximate)
• V67.4 Follow-up examination, following treatment of healed fracture (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z09

Back-references to Z09

• Type 1 Excludes: Z48 Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare ("encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z51 Encounter for other aftercare and medical care ("follow-up examination after treatment (Z08-Z09)")
• Code First: Z86 Personal history of certain other diseases ("any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)")
• Code First: Z87 Personal history of other diseases and conditions ("any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z98 Other postprocedural states ("follow-up medical care (Z08-Z09)")

Back-references to Z09

• Type 1 Excludes: Z48 Encounter for other postprocedural aftercare ("encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment (Z08-Z09)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z51 Encounter for other aftercare and medical care ("follow-up examination after treatment (Z08-Z09)")
• Code First: Z86 Personal history of certain other diseases ("any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)")
• Code First: Z87 Personal history of other diseases and conditions ("any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z98 Other postprocedural states ("follow-up medical care (Z08-Z09)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z09

• Admission (for) › follow-up examination
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › following › treatment (for)
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › following › treatment (for) › combined NEC
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › following › treatment (for) › combined NEC › fracture
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › following › treatment (for) › mental disorder
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › following › treatment (for) › specified condition NEC
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following)
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following) › chemotherapy NEC
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following) › fracture
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following) › psychotherapy
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following) › radiotherapy NEC
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › follow-up (routine) (following) › surgery NEC
• Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › psychiatric NEC › follow-up not needing further care

Nearby codes

• Z09 Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm (this code)