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Z02 - Encounter for administrative examination

ICD-10-CM Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services · Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

Z02 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)
NotesFrom Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Nonspecific abnormal findings disclosed at the time of these examinations are classified to categories R70-R94.
NotesFrom Chapter Z00-Z99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

More Specific Codes (10)

Z02.0Encounter for examination for admission to educational institution→Z02.1Encounter for pre-employment examination→Z02.2Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution→Z02.3Encounter for examination for recruitment to armed forces→Z02.4Encounter for examination for driving license→Z02.5Encounter for examination for participation in sport→Z02.6Encounter for examination for insurance purposes→Z02.7Encounter for issue of medical certificate→Z02.8Encounter for other administrative examinations→Z02.9Encounter for administrative examinations, unspecified→

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