Z11.5
Z11.5 — Encounter for screening for other viral diseases
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z11.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for screening for other viral diseases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- encounter for screening for viral intestinal disease (Z11.0)
Risk adjustment
Z11.5 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Z11.5
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z11. If Z11.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z11.0Encounter for screening for intestinal infectious diseases
- Z11.1Encounter for screening for respiratory tuberculosis
- Z11.2Encounter for screening for other bacterial diseases
- Z11.3Encounter for screening for infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Z11.4Encounter for screening for human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
- Z11.6Encounter for screening for other protozoal diseases and helminthiases
- Z11.7Encounter for testing for latent tuberculosis infection
- Z11.8Encounter for screening for other infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z11.9Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified
Questions about Z11.5
- Is Z11.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z11.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z11.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13).