Z93Artificial opening status
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use Z93 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Group Z80-Z99
- influencing health potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions
- Official Vietnamese name
- Tình trạng lỗ mở nhân tạo
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: artificial openings requiring attention or management (Z43.-) complications of external stoma (J95.0, K91.4, N99.5)
Related Z93 codes
Z93.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Tracheostomy status
Z93.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Gastrostomy status
Z93.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Ileostomy status
Z93.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Colostomy status
Z93.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other artificial openings of gastrointestinal tract status
Z93.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Cystostomy status
Z93.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other artificial openings of urinary tract status
Z93.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other artificial opening status
Z93.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Artificial opening status, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
