Is Z11.51 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z11.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z11.51 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).

Z11.51

Z11.51 — Encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (HPV)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z11.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (hpv). It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z11.51 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.

How Z11.51 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z11.51.

Screening›human papillomavirus
Human›papillomavirus›screening for

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z11.5. If Z11.51 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z11.51

Is Z11.51 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z11.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z11.51 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).