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Screening Z codes
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.21.c.5
“The testing of a person to rule out or confirm a suspected diagnosis because the patient has some sign or symptom is a diagnostic examination, not a screening.”
“A screening code may be a first-listed code if the reason for the visit is specifically the screening exam.”
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