Z01.12

Z01.12: Encounter for hearing conservation and treatment

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z01.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for hearing conservation and treatment. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z01.12 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z01.12

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z01: Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)
encounter for examination for suspected conditions, proven not to exist (Z03.-)
encounter for laboratory, radiologic and imaging examinations for sign(s) and symptom(s) - code to the sign(s) or symptom(s)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z01.12

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z01: Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

encounter for laboratory and radiologic examinations as a component of general medical examinations (Z00.0-)
screening examinations (Z11-Z13)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z01.12 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)
A57434Billing and Coding: Vestibular and Audiologic Function Studies

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Encounter›hearing conservation and treatment
Hearing examination›for hearing conservation and treatment

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.