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Z02.5

Z02.5: Encounter for examination for participation in sport

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z02.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for examination for participation in sport. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z02.5 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.

  • blood-alcohol and blood-drug test (Z02.83)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z02.5

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

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Examination›medical›participation in sport
  • Examination›medical›sport competition
  • Examination›physical›sports
  • Encounter›administrative purpose only›examination for›sports

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z02

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.