Z00.00

Z00.00: Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z00.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Encounter for adult health check-up NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z00.00

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z00.0: Encounter for general adult medical examination

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

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 Z00.00

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Examination(for) (following) (general) (of) (routine)
Admission›examination at health care facility(adult)
Encounter›laboratory(as part of a general medical examination)
Encounter›radiological(as part of a general medical examination)
Encounter›X-ray of chest(as part of a general medical examination)
Examination›annual(adult) (periodic) (physical)
Examination›laboratory(as part of a general medical examination)
Examination›medical(adult) (for) (of)
Examination›periodic(adult) (annual) (routine)
Examination›radiological(as part of a general medical examination)
Test, tests, testing›laboratory(as part of a general medical examination)
X-ray›routine(as part of a general medical examination)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z00.0

Z00.01Encounter for general adult medical examination with abnormal findings