2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z75.2

Other waiting period for investigation and treatment

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z75.2
ICD-10 Code for:
Other waiting period for investigation and treatment
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
      (Z69-Z76)
      • Problems related to medical facilities and other health care
        (Z75)

Z75.2 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other waiting period for investigation and treatment. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.

This code describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Amniotic fluid sent for C/S
  • Amniotic fluid sent for examination
  • Amniotic fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Anal swab taken
  • Angiocardiography awaited
  • Antenatal amniocentesis
  • Antenatal amniocentesis - awaited
  • Antenatal syphilis screen-blood sent
  • Antenatal ultrasound scan awaited
  • Antenatal ultrasound scan status
  • Ascitic fluid sent for C/S
  • Ascitic fluid sent for examination
  • Ascitic fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Aspirate sent to laboratory for examination
  • Awaiting radiotherapy
  • Blood for culture
  • Blood investigation
  • Blood sample sent for organism evaluation
  • Blood sample sent to biochemistry laboratory
  • Blood sample sent to hematology laboratory
  • Blood sample sent to microbiology laboratory
  • Blood sample taken
  • Blood sample taken from central line
  • Blood sent - inf mononucl test
  • Blood sent - infectious titers
  • Blood sent - rubella antibody
  • Blood sent for bacteriology
  • Blood sent for chemistry
  • Blood sent for cross-matching
  • Blood sent for culture
  • Blood sent for electrolytes
  • Blood sent for grouping
  • Blood sent for hematology test
  • Blood sent for HTLV-3 serology
  • Blood sent for legionella test
  • Blood sent for serum lipids
  • Blood sent for toxicology
  • Blood sent for virology
  • Blood sent: alpha-fetoprotein
  • Blood sent: cardiac enzymes
  • Blood sent: SH-antigen test
  • Bone marrow sent for examination
  • Calculus sent for examination
  • Cancer cervix screen-no result yet
  • Catheter urine sent for culture
  • Cerebrospinal fluid sent for culture
  • Cerebrospinal fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Cervical cytology sample sent to laboratory
  • Cervical swab taken
  • Conjunctival swab taken
  • Conjunctival swab taken for virology
  • Coronary arteriography awaited
  • CSF: sent for examination
  • Ear swab taken
  • ENT swab taken
  • Eye swab for virology
  • Eye swab sent for C/S
  • Eye swab taken
  • Feces sent for examination
  • Gastrointestinal tract sample sent for organism evaluation
  • Genitourinary tract specimen taken for identification of organism
  • Hematology result not back yet
  • Hemoglobin - sample sent
  • High vaginal swab taken
  • Intestinal washings sent for C/S
  • IUD fitting awaited
  • Low vaginal swab taken
  • Low vaginal swab taken by subject
  • Lymph sent for culture
  • Lymph sent for organism evaluation
  • Mid stream urine sent to laboratory
  • Monospot test sent to laboratory
  • Mouth swab
  • MSU sent for bacteriology
  • MSU sent for C/S
  • Nail scrapings taken
  • Nasal swab taken
  • Patient awaiting equipment
  • Patient awaiting investigation
  • Patient awaiting procedure
  • Patient on waiting list
  • Patient on waiting list
  • Paul-Bunnell test - bloods sent
  • Penile swab taken
  • Peritoneal fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Pleural fluid sent for C/S
  • Pleural fluid sent for examination
  • Pleural fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Postnasal swab taken
  • Rectal wall scraping sent for C/S
  • Saliva sample obtained
  • Saliva sample sent to lab
  • Sample sent for bacteriology
  • Sample sent for culture/sensitivities
  • Sample sent for mycology
  • Sample sent for parasitology
  • Sample sent to laboratory for test
  • Screened - no result yet
  • Semen sent for C/S
  • Semen sent for examination
  • Skin sample sent for organism evaluation
  • Skin swab taken
  • Specimen sent for histology
  • Specimen sent to reference laboratory for testing
  • Sputum sample obtained
  • Sputum sent for C/S
  • Sputum sent for examination
  • Stomach washings sent for C/S
  • Stool sample obtained
  • Stool sample sent for C/S
  • Stool sample sent to laboratory
  • Swab - ENT, sent
  • Swab from nasopharynx taken for virology
  • Swab sent to Lab
  • Sweat collected for test
  • Synovial fluid sample sent to laboratory
  • Synovial fluid sent for C/S
  • Synovial fluid sent for examination
  • Synovial fluid sent for organism evaluation
  • Throat swab taken
  • Tissue sent for cytology
  • Tissue sent for histology
  • Urethral swab taken
  • Urine sample obtained
  • Urine sample sent for organism evaluation
  • Urine sample sent to Lab
  • Urine sent for culture
  • Urine sent for microscopy
  • Vaginal swab taken
  • Virology: sample sent
  • Vomit sent for examination
  • Vomit sent for toxicology
  • Vulval swab taken
  • Waiting list status
  • Waiting list status

Clinical Classification

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Present on Admission (POA)

Z75.2 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

POA IndicatorReason for CodeCMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.YES
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.NO
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.NO
WClinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.YES
1Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. NO

Convert Z75.2 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: V63.8 - No med facilities NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.