PERSONS ENCOUNTERING HEALTH SERVICES FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND AFTERCARE (V50-V59)
Note:
Categories V51-V58 are intended for use to indicate a reason for care in patients who may have already been treated for some disease or injury not now present, or who are receiving care to consolidate the treatment, to deal with residual states, or to prevent recurrence.
Excludes:
follow-up examination for medical surveillance following treatment (V67.0-V67.9)
V51 Aftercare involving the use of plastic surgery
Includes:
Plastic surgery following healed injury or operation
Excludes:
cosmetic plastic surgery (V50.1)
plastic surgery as treatment for current condition or injury-code to condition or injury
repair of scar tissue-code to scar
Excludes:
deformity and disproportion of reconstructed breast (612.0-612.1)

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