Is Z13.820 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z13.820 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z13.820 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).

Z13.820

Z13.820 — Encounter for screening for osteoporosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.820 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for osteoporosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z13.820 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.

How Z13.820 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z13.820.

Screening›osteoporosis
Screening›musculoskeletal disorder›osteoporosis

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z13.82. If Z13.820 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Z13.828Encounter for screening for other musculoskeletal disorder

Questions about Z13.820

Is Z13.820 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z13.820 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z13.820 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).