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Routine and administrative examinations (Z00-Z02)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.21.c.12
“The codes are not to be used if the examination is for diagnosis of a suspected condition or for treatment purposes.”
“During a routine exam, should a diagnosis or condition be discovered, it should be coded as an additional code.”
“When assigning a code for "with abnormal findings," additional code(s) should be assigned to identify the specific abnormal finding(s).”
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