Z52.4

Z52.4: Kidney donor

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z52.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for kidney donor. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z52.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z52.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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 Z52.4

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z40Encounter for prophylactic surgery

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z52.4 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56747Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
A56805Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
A56948Billing and Coding: Lab: Cystatin C Measurement
A56988Billing and Coding: Cystatin C Measurement

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Donor›kidney

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.