Is Z17 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z17 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z17 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17).

Z17

Z17 — Estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z17 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Code first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

malignant neoplasm, such as:
malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.-)
malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56.-)

Notes

Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Use one code, as available, for each receptor: Z17.0, Z17.1, Z17.2-, Z17.3-

Risk adjustment

Z17 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 Z17

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about Z17

Is Z17 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z17 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z17 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17).