Z00.129

Z00.129: Encounter for routine child health examination without abnormal findings

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

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.

Check Z00.129 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Encounter for routine child health examination NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z00.129

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z00.12: Encounter for routine child health examination

health check for child under 29 days old (Z00.11-)
health supervision of foundling or other healthy infant or child (Z76.1-Z76.2)
newborn health examination (Z00.11-)

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 Z00.129

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›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)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z00.12

Z00.121Encounter for routine child health examination with abnormal findings