Z00Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

Z00 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis. It belongs to block Z00-Z13 (persons encountering health services for examinations) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 8 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z00.0 (examination), Z00.1 (examinations), Z00.2 (childhood), Z00.3 (state), Z00.5 (tissue), Z00.6 (program), Z00.7 (childhood) and Z00.8 (examination).

Don't report Z00 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z00, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: encounter for pre-procedural examinations (Z01.81-) and special screening examinations (Z11-Z13).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.