Is Z3A.38 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z3A.38 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z3A.38 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).

Z3A.38

Z3A.38 — 38 weeks gestation of pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z3A.38 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for 38 weeks gestation of pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z3A.38 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 Z3A.38 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 Z3A.38.

Pregnancy›weeks of gestation›38 weeks

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z3A.3. If Z3A.38 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z3A.38

Is Z3A.38 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z3A.38 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z3A.38 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).