Z13.6

Z13.6: Encounter for screening for cardiovascular disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for cardiovascular disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z13.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z13.6

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z13.6 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A56943Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
A57037Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Screening›arterial hypertension
Screening›cardiovascular disorder
Screening›hypertension
Screening›myocardial infarction(acute)
Screening›disease or disorder›cardiovascular
Screening›disease or disorder›heart
Screening›disease or disorder›vascular

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.