Z13.3Encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders

Z13.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders. It belongs to category Z13 (encounter for screening for other diseases and disorders), 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 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z13 (encounter for screening for other diseases and disorders), Z13.3 is specifically for encounter for screening examination for mental health and behavioral disorders. Related codes cover screening for diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (Z13.0), screening for diabetes mellitus (Z13.1), screening for nutritional, metabolic and other endocrine disorders (Z13.2), screening for certain developmental disorders in childhood (Z13.4), screening for eye and ear disorders (Z13.5), screening for cardiovascular disorders (Z13.6), screening for genetic and chromosomal anomalies (Z13.7), screening for other specified diseases and disorders (Z13.8) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z13.30 (unspecified), Z13.31 (depression), Z13.32 (depression) and Z13.39 (disorders).

It was added in FY2019, effective October 1, 2018.