Encounter for screening for other viral diseases

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 3 more specific codes instead:

Z11.51 Encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (HPV)
Z11.52 Encounter for screening for COVID-19
Z11.59 Encounter for screening for other viral diseases

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 screening for other viral 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.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z11.0	Encounter for screening for intestinal infectious diseases	Valid
Z11.1	Encounter for screening for respiratory tuberculosis	Valid
Z11.2	Encounter for screening for other bacterial diseases	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
Z11.6	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