Is Z13.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z13.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z13.83 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).

What cannot be coded together with Z13.83?

Z13.83 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z13.83

Z13.83 — Encounter for screening for respiratory disorder NEC

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for respiratory disorder nec. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

encounter for screening for respiratory tuberculosis (Z11.1)

Risk adjustment

Z13.83 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 Z13.83 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 Z13.83.

Screening›bronchitis, chronic
Screening›emphysema
Screening›respiratory condition
Screening›disease or disorder›respiratory

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z13.8. If Z13.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z13.83

Is Z13.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z13.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z13.83 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).
What cannot be coded together with Z13.83?: Z13.83 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.