Encounter for general adult medical examination

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

Z00.00 Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings
Z00.01 Encounter for general adult medical examination with abnormal findings

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 adult medical examination

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.

Inherited from Z00 Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

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.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z00.1	Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations	Not billable
Z00.2	Encounter for examination for period of rapid growth in childhood	Valid
Z00.3	Encounter for examination for adolescent development state	Valid
Z00.5	Encounter for examination of potential donor of organ and tissue	Valid
Z00.6	Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program	Valid
Z00.7	Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood	Not billable
Z00.8	Encounter for other general examination	Valid