Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders

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, FY2019 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

Z13.30 Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders, unspecified
Z13.31 Encounter for screening for depression
Z13.32 Encounter for screening for maternal depression
Z13.39 Encounter for screening examination for other mental health and behavioral disorders

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.

FY2019 Added to the code set Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders

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 Z13 Encounter for screening for other diseases and disorders

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
Z13.0	Encounter for screening for diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism	Valid
Z13.1	Encounter for screening for diabetes mellitus	Valid
Z13.2	Encounter for screening for nutritional, metabolic and other endocrine disorders	Not billable
Z13.4	Encounter for screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood	Not billable
Z13.5	Encounter for screening for eye and ear disorders	Valid
Z13.6	Encounter for screening for cardiovascular disorders	Valid
Z13.7	Encounter for screening for genetic and chromosomal anomalies	Not billable
Z13.8	Encounter for screening for other specified diseases and disorders	Not billable
Z13.9	Encounter for screening, unspecified	Valid