Is Z17.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z17.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z17.4 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).

Z17.4

Z17.4 — Combined receptor status

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z17.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for combined receptor status. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Notes

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

Assign a code from subcategory Z17.4- when only a combined receptor status is documented

Risk adjustment

Z17.4 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 Z17.4

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z17. If Z17.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z17.4

Is Z17.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z17.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z17.4 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).