ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z00-Z13 › Z00 Encounter for general examination... › Z00.6
Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program
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.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Check-up
- Admission
- Investigation
- Encounter > check-up
- Examination > health
- Examination > special
- Examination > physical
- Encounter > examination
- Adjustment > implanted device
- Admission > examination at health care facility
- Clinical research investigation
- Investigation > clinical research subject
- Admission > clinical research investigation
- Examination > medical > clinical research, normal subject
- Examination > clinical research control or normal comparison
- Examination > medical > control subject in clinical research
- Person > admitted for clinical research, as a control subject
- Admission > examination at health care facility > clinical research investigation
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z00.0 | Encounter for general adult medical examination | Not billable |
| 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 |
| Z00.7 | Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood | Not billable |
| Z00.8 | Encounter for other general examination | Valid |