Z00.0
ICD-10Non-billable categoryEncounter for general adult medical examination
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Encounter for general adult medical examination
Z00.0 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Encounter for adult periodic examination (annual) (physical) and any associated laboratory and radiologic examinations
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- encounter for examination of sign or symptom- code to sign or symptom
- general health check-up of infant or child (Z00.12.-)
More specific codes under Z00.0
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 2 codes beneath Z00.0, of which 1 are published here. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in Z00
- Z00.1Encounter for newborn, infant and child health examinationscategory
- Z00.2Encounter for exam for period of rapid growth in childhood
- Z00.3Encounter for examination for adolescent development state
- Z00.5Encounter for exam of potential donor of organ and tissue
- Z00.6Encntr for exam for nrml cmprsn and ctrl in clncl rsrch prog
- Z00.7Encntr for exam for delay growth in childhoodcategory
- Z00.8Encounter for other general examination
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- Z00
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.