Z13.88

Z13.88: Encounter for screening for disorder due to exposure to contaminants

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z13.88 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for disorder due to exposure to contaminants. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z13.88 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

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

those exposed to contaminants without suspected disorders (Z57.-, Z77.-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z13.88

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 Z13.88

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

Written on Z13.8: Encounter for screening for other specified diseases and disorders

screening for malignant neoplasms (Z12.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Screening›contamination NEC
Screening›exposure to contaminants(toxic)
Screening›ingestion of radioactive substance
Screening›poisoning(chemical) (heavy metal)
Screening›radiation exposure

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.