Z13.29 — Encounter for screening for other suspected endocrine disorder
Z13.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for other suspected endocrine disorder. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- encounter for screening for diabetes mellitus (Z13.1)
Risk adjustment
Z13.29 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 Z13.29 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 Z13.29.
- Screening›malnutrition
- Screening›disease or disorder›endocrine
- Screening›disease or disorder›thyroid
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z13.2. If Z13.29 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z13.29
- Is Z13.29 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z13.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z13.29 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).