Is Z02.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z02.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z02.7 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).

What cannot be coded together with Z02.7?

Z02.7 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z02.7

Z02.7 — Encounter for issue of medical certificate

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z02.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for issue of medical certificate. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

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

encounter for general medical examination (Z00-Z01, Z02.0-Z02.6, Z02.8-Z02.9)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z02.7

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z02.7. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z02.7 alone.

Z00Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Z01Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

Risk adjustment

Z02.7 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.

Code history

Z02.7 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead Z02.7

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z02. If Z02.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z02.7

Is Z02.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z02.7 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z02.7 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).
What cannot be coded together with Z02.7?: Z02.7 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.