Z02.89

Z02.89 Diagnosis Code: Encounter for other administrative examinations

The ICD-10 Z02.89 diagnosis code designates Encounter for other administrative examinations.

This code will be used on patients who attend appointments to evaluate people for administrative or regulatory purposes. They’re not necessarily meant to diagnose people with medical conditions.

An example of an administrative examination is getting a medical evaluation for getting a driver’s license. Some medical problems may affect a person’s ability to drive properly and safely.

Please note that this code has been officially replaced with Z02.84 - Encounter for child welfare exam. It’s meant for checking different aspects of a child on welfare, like getting proper care and attention, to check if they’re suitable for prospective foster parents, etc.

Please note that these codes are not valid as principal diagnoses because they specify that the patient attended an encounter for a particular administrative examination.

Is Z02.89 billable?

Before it was replaced, yes, it was valid and billable. The code that replaced it is also valid and billable.

Clinical information about administrative examinations:

When we speak of administrative examinations, we refer to examinations or assessments (not necessarily medical) conducted as requirements or for routine regulatory purposes.

As mentioned earlier, they might not necessarily be medical, and aren’t, for the most part, meant to diagnose medical problems.

Examples of such examinations include:

• Administrative Examination for Disabilities
• Administrative Examination for Health Insurance Applications
• Administrative Examination for Pre-employment

Synonyms include:

• Administrative examinations
• Medical administrative examinations
• Administrative examination for driving license
• Administrative examintion for pre-employment
• Administrative examination for insurance purposes
• Administrative examination for participation in a sport
• Administrative examination for child welfare
• Administrative examination for admission to residential institution
• Z02.89
• Z02.89 diagnosis code
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Other ICD-10 codes commonly used for encounters for administrative examinations:

• Z02.9 - Encounter for administrative examinations, unspecified
• Z02.0 - Encounter for examination for admission to educational institution
• Z02.1 - Encounter for pre-employment examination
• Z02.2 - Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution
• Z02.3 - Encounter for examination for recruitment to armed forces
• Z02.4 - Encounter for examination for driving license
• Z02.5 - Encounter for examination for participation in sport
• Z02.6 - Encounter for examination for insurance purposes

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