Z13.49

Z13.49: Encounter for screening for other developmental delays

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for other developmental delays. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z13.49 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z13.49

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 Z13.49

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z13.4: Encounter for screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood

encounter for routine child health examination (Z00.12-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Screening›developmental›delays›specified NEC
Screening›disease or disorder›developmental delays›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z13.4