ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z00-Z13 › Z13.3 Encounter for screening... › Z13.31

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

Valid FY2019 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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.

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.

• Admission
• Encounter > testing
• Encounter > screening
• Admission > sensitivity test
• Adjustment > implanted device
• Test, tests, testing > skin, diagnostic > allergy > special screening examination
• Screening > depression

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z13.30	Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders, unspecified	Valid
Z13.32	Encounter for screening for maternal depression	Valid
Z13.39	Encounter for screening examination for other mental health and behavioral disorders	Valid