Is Z52.098 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z52.098 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z52.098 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 Z52.098?

Z52.098 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z52.098 (Z52) and apply to it just the same.

Z52.098

Z52.098 — Other blood donor, other blood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z52.098 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other blood donor, other blood. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z52.098

These are not written on Z52.098, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Z52.098 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on Z52 — Donors of organs and tissues

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

Other codes that can never be billed with Z52.098

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z52.098. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z52.098 alone.

Z40Encounter for prophylactic surgery

Risk adjustment

Z52.098 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 Z52.098 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 Z52.098.

Donor›blood›specified component NEC›specified donor NEC

Code history

Z52.098 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z52.09. If Z52.098 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z52.098

Is Z52.098 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z52.098 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z52.098 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 Z52.098?: Z52.098 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z52.098 (Z52) and apply to it just the same.