Follow-up examination, following chemotherapy

This code indicates a patient encounter for a routine follow-up examination after completing a course of chemotherapy for a malignancy. It signifies that the primary treatment phase has concluded, and the focus is now on monitoring for recurrence, managing long-term side effects, and assessing overall recovery.

Use this code for scheduled post-chemotherapy surveillance visits where the patient is not actively receiving chemotherapy and there is no current evidence of disease recurrence requiring immediate treatment. This applies to follow-up appointments after the final dose of chemotherapy has been administered.

• Always sequence this code as a secondary diagnosis, following the code for the history of the malignancy.
• Do not use this code if the patient is still undergoing active chemotherapy or if the encounter is for treatment of a current recurrence.
• Consider additional codes for specific long-term side effects or complications being managed during the follow-up.