ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z00-Z13 › Z codes › Z00
Z00
Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:
- Z00.0 Encounter for general adult medical examination (also a header)
- Z00.1 Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations (also a header)
- Z00.2 Encounter for examination for period of rapid growth in childhood
- Z00.3 Encounter for examination for adolescent development state
- Z00.5 Encounter for examination of potential donor of organ and tissue
- Z00.6 Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program
- Z00.7 Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood (also a header)
- Z00.8 Encounter for other general examination
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
This code
Excludes1 - never coded here
- encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- encounter for pre-procedural examinations (Z01.81-)
- special screening examinations (Z11-Z13)
Inherited from the Z00-Z13 section Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)
Excludes2 - not included here
- examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)
Note
- Nonspecific abnormal findings disclosed at the time of these examinations are classified to categories R70-R94.