Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

Z00 Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis

Category / Non-billable header 18 subcodes

Block: Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • encounter for pre-procedural examinations (Z01.81-)
  • special screening examinations (Z11-Z13)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
Z00..0 Encounter for general adult medical examination No
Z00..00 Encounter for general adult medical examination without abnormal findings Yes
Z00..01 Encounter for general adult medical examination with abnormal findings Yes
Z00..1 Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinations No
Z00..11 Newborn health examination No
Z00..110 Health examination for newborn under 8 days old Yes
Z00..111 Health examination for newborn 8 to 28 days old Yes
Z00..12 Encounter for routine child health examination No
Z00..121 Encounter for routine child health examination with abnormal findings Yes
Z00..129 Encounter for routine child health examination without abnormal findings Yes
Z00..2 Encounter for examination for period of rapid growth in childhood Yes
Z00..3 Encounter for examination for adolescent development state Yes
Z00..5 Encounter for examination of potential donor of organ and tissue Yes
Z00..6 Encounter for examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research program Yes
Z00..7 Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood No
Z00..70 Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood without abnormal findings Yes
Z00..71 Encounter for examination for period of delayed growth in childhood with abnormal findings Yes
Z00..8 Encounter for other general examination Yes

Plain-language term for this code

The following entry in the US Medical Glossary corresponds to ICD-10-CM category Z00:

Last reviewed: September 2026