Is Z52.000 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z52.000 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z52.000 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).

Z52.000

Z52.000 — Unspecified donor, whole blood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z52.000 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified donor, whole blood. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z52.000 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 Z52.000 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 Z52.000.

Donor›blood(whole)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z52.00. If Z52.000 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z52.000

Is Z52.000 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z52.000 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z52.000 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).