Z00.7
Z00.7 — Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z00.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z00.7 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 Z00.7
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z00. If Z00.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z00.0Encounter for general adult medical examination
- Z00.1Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations
- 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
- Z00.8Encounter for other general examination
Questions about Z00.7
- Is Z00.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z00.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z00.7 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).