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.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z00.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z00.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z00.1 alone.
Risk adjustment
Z00.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Z00.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z00. If Z00.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z00.0Encounter for general adult medical examination
- Z00.2Encounter for examination for period of rapid growth in childhood
- Z00.3Encounter for examination for adolescent development state
- Z00.5Encounter for examination of potential donor of organ and tissue
- Z00.6Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program
- Z00.7Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood
- Z00.8Encounter for other general examination
Questions about Z00.1
- Is Z00.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z00.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z00.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13).