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Z11.52

Z11.52: Encounter for screening for COVID-19

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z11.52 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for covid-19. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z11.52

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z11: Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases

  • encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z11.52

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z11.5: Encounter for screening for other viral diseases

  • encounter for screening for viral intestinal disease (Z11.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • COVID-19›screening
  • Screening›coronavirus 2019(disease) (novel)
  • Screening›COVID-19
  • Screening›SARS-CoV-2
  • Screening›disease or disorder›coronavirus 2019(novel)
  • Screening›disease or disorder›COVID-19
  • Screening›disease or disorder›viral NEC›coronavirus 2019(novel)
  • Screening›disease or disorder›viral NEC›COVID-19
  • Screening›disease or disorder›viral NEC›SARS-CoV-2

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z11.5

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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