ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z30-Z39 › Z36 Encounter for antenatal screening of mother › Z36.3
Z36.3
Encounter for antenatal screening for malformations
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 2018 to now.
- FY2018 Added to the code set Encounter for antenatal screening for malformations
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 Z36 Encounter for antenatal screening of mother
Excludes1 - never coded here
- diagnostic examination- code to sign or symptom
- encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out (Z03.7-)
- suspected fetal condition affecting management of pregnancy - code to condition in Chapter 15
Excludes2 - not included here
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
- genetic counseling and testing (Z31.43-, Z31.5)
- routine prenatal care (Z34)
Includes
- Encounter for placental sample (taken vaginally)
- 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.
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 > screening
- Encounter > placental sample
- Adjustment > implanted device
- Prenatal > screening of mother
- Antenatal > screening of mother
- Screening > prenatal, of mother
- Screening > antenatal, of mother
- Test, tests, testing > skin, diagnostic > allergy > special screening examination
- Encounter > antenatal screening > malformations
- Encounter > antenatal screening > suspected anomaly
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z36.0 | Encounter for antenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies | Valid |
| Z36.1 | Encounter for antenatal screening for raised alphafetoprotein level | Valid |
| Z36.2 | Encounter for other antenatal screening follow-up | Valid |
| Z36.4 | Encounter for antenatal screening for fetal growth retardation | Valid |
| Z36.5 | Encounter for antenatal screening for isoimmunization | Valid |
| Z36.8 | Encounter for other antenatal screening | Not billable |
| Z36.9 | Encounter for antenatal screening, unspecified | Valid |