Z53: Persons encountering health services for specific procedures, not carried out
You have been in a doctor’s surgery, an ambulance or a hospital for a particular examination or treatment. The examination or treatment was not carried out, however.
There are various reasons why a measure is not carried out. Sometimes you may have particular diseases for which the measure should not be carried out. It is also possible that the measure was canceled, for instance for technical or personal reasons.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).