Z13.42
Z13.42: Encounter for screening for global developmental delays (milestones)
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z13.42 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for global developmental delays (milestones). It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z13.42 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for screening for developmental handicaps in early childhood
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z13.42
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z13: Encounter for screening for other diseases and disorders
- encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z13.42
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Screening›developmental›handicap
- Screening›developmental›delays›global(milestones)
- Screening›developmental›handicap›in early childhood
- Screening›disease or disorder›developmental delays›global(milestones)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.