Z13.81
Z13.81 — Encounter for screening for digestive system disorders
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z13.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for digestive system disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z13.81 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 Z13.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z13.8. If Z13.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z13.82Encounter for screening for musculoskeletal disorder
- Z13.83Encounter for screening for respiratory disorder NEC
- Z13.84Encounter for screening for dental disorders
- Z13.85Encounter for screening for nervous system disorders
- Z13.88Encounter for screening for disorder due to exposure to contaminants
- Z13.89Encounter for screening for other disorder
Questions about Z13.81
- Is Z13.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z13.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z13.81 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).