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Z01.84

Z01.84: Encounter for antibody response examination

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z01.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for antibody response examination. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z01.84 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • encounter for allergy testing (Z01.82)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Encounter for immunity status testing

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z01.84

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 Z01.84

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z01.84

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z01.82Encounter for allergy testing

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z01.84 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52379Billing and Coding: CPT Code 87641 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant, amplified probe technique)not covered

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Examination›antibody response
  • Examination›immunity status testing
  • Test, tests, testing›immunity status

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z01.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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