Z11.8

Z11.8: Encounter for screening for other infectious and parasitic diseases

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z11.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for other infectious and parasitic diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Encounter for screening for chlamydia
Encounter for screening for rickettsial
Encounter for screening for spirochetal
Encounter for screening for mycoses

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z11.8

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z11.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52379Billing and Coding: CPT Code 87641 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant, amplified probe technique)not covered

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Screening›chlamydial diseases
Screening›leptospirosis
Screening›mycoses
Screening›trachoma
Screening›yaws
Screening›disease or disorder›chlamydial
Screening›disease or disorder›rickettsial
Screening›disease or disorder›spirochetal
Screening›infection›mycotic
Screening›infection›parasitic
Screening›parasitic infestation›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.