Is Z52 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z52 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z52 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).

What cannot be coded together with Z52?

Z52 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z52

Z52 — Donors of organs and tissues

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z52 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for donors of organs and tissues. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

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

cadaveric donor - omit code
examination of potential donor (Z00.5)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

autologous and other living donors

Other codes that can never be billed with Z52

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z52. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z52 alone.

Z40Encounter for prophylactic surgery

Risk adjustment

Z52 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 Z52

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about Z52

Is Z52 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z52 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z52 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Encounters for other specific health care (Z40-Z53).
What cannot be coded together with Z52?: Z52 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.