Is Z01.20 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z01.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z01.20 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).

Z01.20

Z01.20 — Encounter for dental examination and cleaning without abnormal findings

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z01.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for dental examination and cleaning 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 dental examination and cleaning NOS

Risk adjustment

Z01.20 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 Z01.20 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 Z01.20.

Dental›examination
Examination›dental
Examination›teeth
Admission›examination at health care facility›dental

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z01.2. If Z01.20 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Z01.21Encounter for dental examination and cleaning with abnormal findings

Questions about Z01.20

Is Z01.20 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z01.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z01.20 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).