Z44.022 Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial left arm

ICD-10-CM Z44.022: Encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial left arm

ICD-10-CM code Z44.022 represents an encounter for fitting and adjustment of a partial artificial left arm. The terminology is active and classified as a finding. It is a specific child concept of the broader partial artificial arm fitting code. A Medicare article lists this code alongside right arm and other prosthetic fitting encounters. 1 3 4

Plain-language overview

Code Z44.022 identifies a healthcare encounter for fitting and adjustment of a partial artificial left arm, and the terminology record is currently active. 1

What this code represents

The official display label for Z44.022 is encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial left arm, and its semantic type is classified as a finding. 1 4

Z44.022 is a narrower concept under the parent concept Z44.02, which is named encounter for fitting and adjustment of partial artificial arm in the ICD-10-CM terminology. 1

Coding details

The terminology record for Z44.022 is active for the 2026 version of ICD-10-CM and includes an abbreviation for encounter for fit and adjustment of a partial artificial left arm. 1

Documentation considerations

A Medicare billing and coding article includes the exact code Z44.022 and its full official display label within a list of related prosthetic encounter codes. 3

Coverage and utilization context

A Medicare policy article states that lower limb prostheses are covered under the Medicare Artificial Legs, Arms and Eyes benefit, and a separate billing article lists code Z44.022. 2 3

A Medicare billing and coding article places the Z44.022 code for a left arm encounter immediately adjacent to the code for a right arm partial artificial arm encounter. 3

What the sources add

A terminology source defines the code structure and active status, whereas a Medicare billing article lists the code alongside the corresponding right arm partial artificial arm encounter code. 1 3

A value set from an external terminology server includes the exact Z44.022 label among a broader list of artificial arm and artificial leg fitting and adjustment encounters. 5

Sources

1. ICD-10-CM Z44.022 terminology record — National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services; accessed 2026-07-27.
2. Article - Lower Limb Prostheses - Policy Article (A52496) — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
3. Article - Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy (A53057) — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
4. EVS Explore — evsexplore.semantics.cancer.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
5. ValueSet '2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1195.335' (1) — r4.ontoserver.csiro.au; accessed 2026-07-27.