In simple words: This code is used when you visit a healthcare professional for care related to an artificial opening in your digestive system, other than the more common types like gastrostomy, ileostomy, or colostomy.

This code is used for encounters with the healthcare system for attention to artificial openings of the digestive tract, excluding gastrostomy, ileostomy, and colostomy.This includes care for stomas, such as closure, passage of instruments, reforming, removal of catheters, and cleansing.

Example 1: A patient with a jejunostomy (an opening in the jejunum, part of the small intestine) presents for routine stoma care and cleaning., A patient who has had previous surgery for a gastrointestinal disorder presents for follow-up care of their duodenostomy (an artificial opening into the duodenum)., A patient visits their physician for removal of a catheter from an artificial opening in their digestive tract.

Documentation should specify the type and location of the artificial opening, the specific services provided, and any associated complications or issues.

** This code is part of a range of Z codes (Z43) related to artificial openings and stomas. The parent code Z43 includes: closure of artificial openings, passage of sounds or bougies through artificial openings, reforming artificial openings, removal of catheter from artificial openings, and toilet or cleansing of artificial openings.