Z01.82: Encounter for allergy testing
Z01.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for allergy testing. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z01.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- encounter for antibody response examination (Z01.84)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z01.82
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z01: Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z01.82
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z01.82
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z01.84Encounter for antibody response examination
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z01.82 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56494Billing and Coding: Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56809Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Examination›allergy
- Examination›skin(hypersensitivity)
- Admission›sensitivity test›allergy NEC
- Test, tests, testing›skin, diagnostic›allergy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.