Z13.4
Z13.4 — Encounter for screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z13.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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 routine child health examination (Z00.12-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for development testing of infant or child
- Encounter for screening for developmental handicaps in early childhood
Risk adjustment
Z13.4 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.
Code to one of these instead Z13.4
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z13. If Z13.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z13.0Encounter for screening for diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Z13.1Encounter for screening for diabetes mellitus
- Z13.2Encounter for screening for nutritional, metabolic and other endocrine disorders
- Z13.3Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders
- Z13.5Encounter for screening for eye and ear disorders
- Z13.6Encounter for screening for cardiovascular disorders
- Z13.7Encounter for screening for genetic and chromosomal anomalies
- Z13.8Encounter for screening for other specified diseases and disorders
- Z13.9Encounter for screening, unspecified
Questions about Z13.4
- Is Z13.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z13.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z13.4 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).