Z04Non-billable (header)
Encounter for examination and observation for other reasons
✓ Includes
- •encounter for examination for medicolegal reasons
- •This category is to be used when a person without a diagnosis is suspected of having an abnormal condition, without signs or symptoms, which requires study, but after examination and observation, is ruled-out. This category is also for use for administrative and legal observation status.
Code Hierarchy
┌21Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)├Z00-Z13Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13)├Z04Encounter for examination and observation for other reasons
└Z04Encounter for examination and observation for other reasons
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