Encounter for issue of medical certificate

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:

Z02.71 Encounter for disability determination
Z02.79 Encounter for issue of other medical certificate

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 issue of medical certificate

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.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z02.0	Encounter for examination for admission to educational institution	Valid
Z02.1	Encounter for pre-employment examination	Valid
Z02.2	Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution	Valid
Z02.3	Encounter for examination for recruitment to armed forces	Valid
Z02.4	Encounter for examination for driving license	Valid
Z02.5	Encounter for examination for participation in sport	Valid
Z02.6	Encounter for examination for insurance purposes	Valid
Z02.8	Encounter for other administrative examinations	Not billable
Z02.9	Encounter for administrative examinations, unspecified	Valid