Z31.441 — Encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss
Z31.441 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z31.441 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.
Medicare coverage
Z31.441 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56199Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Proceduresnot covered
- A60409Billing and Coding: Molecular Pathology Proceduresnot covered
How Z31.441 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z31.441.
- Test, tests, testing›male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss
- Test, tests, testing›genetic›male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z31.44. If Z31.441 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z31.441
- Is Z31.441 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z31.441 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z31.441 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction (Z30-Z39).