Is Z02.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z02.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z02.8 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).

Z02.8

Z02.8 — Encounter for other administrative examinations

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z02.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for other administrative examinations. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with Z02.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z02.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z02.8 alone.

Z51.81Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring
Z02.2Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution
Z02.5Encounter for examination for participation in sport
Z02.7Encounter for issue of medical certificate

Risk adjustment

Z02.8 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 to one of these instead Z02.8

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z02. If Z02.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z02.8

Is Z02.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z02.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z02.8 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).