Z12.9
Z12.9: Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm, site unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z12.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm, site unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z12.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above Z12.9
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Written on Z12: Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasms
- encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Screening›neoplasm(malignant) (of)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z12
- Z12.0Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of stomach
- Z12.1Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of intestinal tract
- Z12.2Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of respiratory organs
- Z12.3Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of breast
- Z12.4Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of cervix
- Z12.5Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of prostate
- Z12.6Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of bladder
- Z12.7Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of other genitourinary organs
- Z12.8Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of other sites