Z36.8
Z36.8 — Encounter for other antenatal screening
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z36.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for other antenatal screening. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z36.8 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 Z36.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z36.81Encounter for antenatal screening for hydrops fetalis
- Z36.82Encounter for antenatal screening for nuchal translucency
- Z36.83Encounter for fetal screening for congenital cardiac abnormalities
- Z36.84Encounter for antenatal screening for fetal lung maturity
- Z36.85Encounter for antenatal screening for Streptococcus B
- Z36.86Encounter for antenatal screening for cervical length
- Z36.87Encounter for antenatal screening for uncertain dates
- Z36.88Encounter for antenatal screening for fetal macrosomia
- Z36.89Encounter for other specified antenatal screening
- Z36.8AEncounter for antenatal screening for other genetic defects
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z36. If Z36.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z36.0Encounter for antenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies
- Z36.1Encounter for antenatal screening for raised alphafetoprotein level
- Z36.2Encounter for other antenatal screening follow-up
- Z36.3Encounter for antenatal screening for malformations
- Z36.4Encounter for antenatal screening for fetal growth retardation
- Z36.5Encounter for antenatal screening for isoimmunization
- Z36.9Encounter for antenatal screening, unspecified
Questions about Z36.8
- Is Z36.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z36.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z36.8 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).