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V44.6 Alberta AHCIP code: Artificial opening status – Other artificial opening of urinary tract

V44.6 is the Alberta diagnostic code for “Artificial opening status – Other artificial opening of urinary tract” in Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018.

Official description

V44.6

Artificial opening status – Other artificial opening of urinary tract

Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta

Notes for V44.6

As Alberta Health prints them, with any note V44.6 takes from the headings above it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

Note

Where V44.6 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter : Supplementary codes influencing health status
  2. 2Block V40-V49Persons with a condition influencing their health status (v40-v49)
  3. 3Valid code V44Artificial opening status
  4. 4Valid code V44.6Artificial opening status – Other artificial opening of urinary tract

Source and release

Data release
Alberta AHCIP · January 2018
Effective date
Jan 18, 2018

This page is built from the Alberta AHCIP catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See V44.6 in the Alberta Health source

Frequently asked questions

What does Alberta diagnostic code V44.6 mean?

V44.6 is the Alberta diagnostic code for “Artificial opening status – Other artificial opening of urinary tract” in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release.

Where is V44.6 in Alberta AHCIP?

V44.6 sits under V44 Artificial opening status, within V40-V49 Persons with a condition influencing their health status (v40-v49), within Chapter : Supplementary codes influencing health status.

What coding notes apply to V44.6?

Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes, Note notes for V44.6, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which Alberta AHCIP release does this page use?

It uses Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

Codes beside V44.6

V44.0Artificial opening status – TracheostomyV44.1Artificial opening status – GastrostomyV44.2Artificial opening status – IleostomyV44.3Artificial opening status – ColostomyV44.4Other artificial opening of gastrointestinal tractV44.5Artificial opening status – CystostomyV44.7Artificial opening status – Artificial vaginaV44.8Other artificial opening statusV44.9Artificial opening status – Unspecified