Is Z29.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z29.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z29.8 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29).

Z29.8

Z29.8 — Encounter for other specified prophylactic measures

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z29.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for other specified prophylactic measures. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Z29.8 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 Z29.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z29. If Z29.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z29.8

Is Z29.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z29.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z29.8 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to communicable diseases (Z20-Z29).