Z11.52
Encounter for screening for COVID-19
Z11.52 (also written Z1152) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for screening for COVID-19. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 12 codes in category Z11 (Encounter for screening for infectious and parasitic diseases). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 9 entries. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 2 Excludes2 entries.
Guidelines tip
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
Testing to confirm or rule out a suspected diagnosis because of a sign or symptom is diagnostic, not screening. A screening code can be first-listed when the visit is for the screening.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Home Health Primary
Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the MMTA - Other clinical group.
Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026Notes
Also from chapter/block level (4 notes)
- Nonspecific abnormal findings disclosed at the time of these examinations are classified to categories R70-R94.
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 9 entries
- COVID-19, screening
- Screening (for), coronavirus (disease) (novel) 2019
- Screening (for), COVID-19
- Screening (for), disease or disorder, coronavirus (novel) 2019
- Screening (for), disease or disorder, COVID-19
- Screening (for), disease or disorder, viral NEC, coronavirus (novel) 2019
- Screening (for), disease or disorder, viral NEC, COVID-19
- Screening (for), disease or disorder, viral NEC, SARS-CoV-2
- Screening (for), SARS-CoV-2