ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z00-Z13 › Z02.8 Encounter for other administrative... › Z02.81
Encounter for paternity testing
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 paternity testing
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.
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
- Examination > medical > paternity testing
- Encounter > administrative purpose only > examination for > paternity testing
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z02.82 | Encounter for adoption services | Valid |
| Z02.83 | Encounter for blood-alcohol and blood-drug test | Valid |
| Z02.84 | Encounter for child welfare exam | Valid |
| Z02.89 | Encounter for other administrative examinations | Valid |