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Z11.2

Encounter for screening for other bacterial diseases

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 screening for other bacterial diseases

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 Z11 Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom

Also known as

  • Screening is the testing for disease or disease precursors in asymptomatic individuals so that early detection and treatment can be provided for those who test positive for the disease.

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z11.0 Encounter for screening for intestinal infectious diseases Valid
Z11.1 Encounter for screening for respiratory tuberculosis Valid
Z11.3 Encounter for screening for infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission Valid
Z11.4 Encounter for screening for human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] Valid
Z11.5 Encounter for screening for other viral diseases Not billable
Z11.6 Encounter for screening for other protozoal diseases and helminthiases Valid
Z11.7 Encounter for testing for latent tuberculosis infection Valid
Z11.8 Encounter for screening for other infectious and parasitic diseases Valid
Z11.9 Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified Valid