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V51 Alberta AHCIP code: Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery

V51 is the Alberta diagnostic code for “Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery” in Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018.

Official description

V51

Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery

Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta

Notes for V51

As Alberta Health prints them, with any note V51 takes from the headings above it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Cosmetic plastic surgery (V50.1)Plastic surgery as treatment for current injury - code to condition

Note

  • Categories V51-V58 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care in patients who have already been treated for some disease or injury not now present, but who are receiving follow-up medical surveillance or care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, to ensure that the condition has not recurred or to prevent recurrence. The codes should be used alternatively or additionally to the code indicating the original disease or injury (001-999), which will be the one to be tabulated for underlying cause purposes.From V50-V59 Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and aftercare (v50-v59)

Where V51 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter : Supplementary codes influencing health status
  2. 2Block V50-V59Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and aftercare (v50-v59)
  3. 3Valid code V51Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery

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 V51 in the Alberta Health source

Frequently asked questions

What does Alberta diagnostic code V51 mean?

V51 is the Alberta diagnostic code for “Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery” in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release.

Where is V51 in Alberta AHCIP?

V51 sits under V50-V59 Persons encountering health services for specific procedures and aftercare (v50-v59), within Chapter : Supplementary codes influencing health status.

What coding notes apply to V51?

Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes, Note notes for V51, 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 V51

V50Elective surgery for purposes other than remedying health statesV52Fitting and adjustment of prosthetic deviceV53Fitting and adjustment of other deviceV54Other orthopaedic aftercareV55Attention to artificial openingsV56Aftercare involving intermittent dialysisV57Care involving use of rehabilitation proceduresV58Other and unspecified aftercareV59Donors