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Z02

Encounter for administrative 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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • Z02.0 Encounter for examination for admission to educational institution
  • Z02.1 Encounter for pre-employment examination
  • Z02.2 Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution
  • Z02.3 Encounter for examination for recruitment to armed forces
  • Z02.4 Encounter for examination for driving license
  • Z02.5 Encounter for examination for participation in sport
  • Z02.6 Encounter for examination for insurance purposes
  • Z02.7 Encounter for issue of medical certificate (also a header)
  • Z02.8 Encounter for other administrative examinations (also a header)
  • Z02.9 Encounter for administrative examinations, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Encounter for administrative 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 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.