Is Z31.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z31.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z31.83 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).

What cannot be coded together with Z31.83?

Z31.83 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z31.83

Z31.83 — Encounter for assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z31.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

pre-cycle diagnosis and testing - code to reason for encounter

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify the type of infertility

Inclusion terms

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

Patient undergoing in vitro fertilization cycle

Risk adjustment

Z31.83 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.

How Z31.83 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 Z31.83.

Harvesting ovum for in vitro fertilization
Encounter›assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle
Encounter›in vitro fertilization cycle

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z31.8. If Z31.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z31.83

Is Z31.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z31.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z31.83 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).
What cannot be coded together with Z31.83?: Z31.83 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.