Z00.0

Z00.0: Encounter for general adult medical examination

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z00.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for general adult medical examination. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

encounter for examination of sign or symptom- code to sign or symptom
general health check-up of infant or child (Z00.12.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Encounter for adult periodic examination (annual) (physical) and any associated laboratory and radiologic examinations

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z00.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z00: Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z00.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z00: Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

encounter for pre-procedural examinations (Z01.81-)
special screening examinations (Z11-Z13)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z00.0

2 child codes. Green means billable.