Z00.8

Z00.8: Encounter for other general examination

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z00.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for other general examination. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z00.8 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 health examination in population surveys

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z00.8

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 Z00.8

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.

Medicare coverage

Z00.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56747Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Admission›mental health evaluation
Admission›psychiatric examination(general)
Evaluation›mental health(status)
Examination›psychiatric NEC
Admission›examination at health care facility›general, specified reason NEC
Admission›examination at health care facility›psychiatric(general)
Examination›medical›population survey
Examination›medical›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.