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Z00.11 Newborn health examination

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Z00.110 Health examination for newborn under 8 days old
Z00.111 Health examination for newborn 8 to 28 days old

Instructional notes

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Notes

Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
(a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
(b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Section Z00-Z13

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)

Notes

Nonspecific abnormal findings disclosed at the time of these examinations are classified to categories R70-R94.

Z00

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.

encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

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

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.

health check for child over 28 days old (Z00.12-)

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code to identify any abnormal findings

Inclusion terms

Health check for child under 29 days old

Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services · Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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