Z42 Encounter for plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury

Category / Non-billable header 2 subcodes

Block: Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • encounter for cosmetic plastic surgery (Z41.1)
  • encounter for plastic surgery for treatment of current injury - code to relevent injury

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
Z42..1 Encounter for breast reconstruction following mastectomy Yes
Z42..8 Encounter for other plastic and reconstructive surgery following medical procedure or healed injury Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026