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Z30.012

Z30.012: Encounter for prescription of emergency contraception

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z30.012 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for prescription of emergency contraception. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Encounter for postcoital contraception

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z30.012

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z30.01: Encounter for initial prescription of contraceptives

  • encounter for surveillance of contraceptives (Z30.4-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z30.012

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z92.0Personal history of contraception

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Contraception, contraceptive›emergency(postcoital)
  • Contraception, contraceptive›postcoital(emergency)
  • Prescription of contraceptives›emergency(postcoital)
  • Prescription of contraceptives›postcoital(emergency)
  • Contraception, contraceptive›initial prescription›postcoital(emergency)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z30.01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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