Z00.1

Z00.1: Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z00.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z00.1

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 Z00.1

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z00.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z00.0Encounter for general adult medical examination
Z00.11Newborn health examination
Z00.12Encounter for routine child health examination

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 Z00.1

2 child codes. Green means billable.