Z95.3 Presence of xenogenic heart valve

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

Applies from Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts

Excludes2 (not included here)

• complications of cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts (T82.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 314-316 in MDC 05.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V42.2 Heart valve replaced by transplant (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 Z95.3

Back-references to Z95.3

• Type 2 Excludes: Z45.018 Encounter for adjustment and management of other part of cardiac pacemaker ("presence of prosthetic and other devices (Z95.1-Z95.5, Z95.811-Z97)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z94.1 Heart transplant status ("heart-valve replacement status (Z95.2-Z95.4)")

Back-references to Z95

• Type 1 Excludes: Z18 Retained foreign body fragments ("in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z46 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of other devices ("presence of prosthetic and other devices (Z95-Z97)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z78 Other specified health status ("postprocedural status (Z93-Z99)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z87.7 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations ("presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts (Z95.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z94 Transplanted organ and tissue status ("presence of vascular grafts (Z95.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z95.3

• Presence (of) › heart valve implant (functional) › xenogenic
• Presence (of) › implanted device (artificial) (functional) (prosthetic) › heart valve › xenogenic
• Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of › heart › valve › xenogenic
• Transplant (ed) (status) › heart › valve › xenogenic

Nearby codes

• Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts
• Z95.0 Presence of cardiac pacemaker
• Z95.1 Presence of aortocoronary bypass graft
• Z95.2 Presence of prosthetic heart valve
• Z95.3 Presence of xenogenic heart valve (this code)
• Z95.4 Presence of other heart-valve replacement
• Z95.5 Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graft
• Z95.8 Presence of other cardiac and vascular implants and grafts
• Z95.81 Presence of other cardiac implants and grafts
• Z95.810 Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator