Z00.129 — Encounter for routine child health examination without abnormal findings
Z00.129 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for routine child health examination without abnormal findings. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for routine child health examination NOS
Risk adjustment
Z00.129 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.
How Z00.129 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z00.129.
- Examination›child(over 28 days old)
- Hearing examination›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Screening›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Admission›vision examination›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Examination›hearing›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Examination›vision›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Immunization›appropriate for age›child(over 28 days old)
- Test, tests, testing›hearing›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Test, tests, testing›vision›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Admission›examination at health care facility›hearing›infant or child(over 28 days old)
- Admission›examination at health care facility›vision›infant or child(over 28 days old)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z00.12. If Z00.129 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z00.129
- Is Z00.129 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z00.129 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z00.129 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).