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Z00.11

Newborn health 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:

  • Z00.110 Health examination for newborn under 8 days old
  • Z00.111 Health examination for newborn 8 to 28 days old

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for routine child health examination with abnormal findings
  2. FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
  3. FY2012 Returned to the draft draft

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z00.12 Encounter for routine child health examination Not billable