Z02.0

Z02.0: Encounter for examination for admission to educational institution

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z02.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for examination for admission to educational institution. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z02.0 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 examination for admission to preschool (education)
Encounter for examination for re-admission to school following illness or medical treatment

Other codes that can never be billed with Z02.0

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

Z00Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Z01Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Z02.7Encounter for issue of medical certificate

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Encounter›administrative purpose only›examination for›school admission
Examination›medical›admission to›school
Examination›medical›preschool children›for admission to school
Examination›medical›admission to›school›following illness or medical treatment

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.