2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z02.89Encounter for other administrative examinations
Z02.89 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for other administrative examinations. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 795, 951. The code is not accepted as a principal diagnosis by the Medicare Code Editor and exempt from POA reporting. Coders also document this condition as child into care examination status. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Encounter for administrative purposes.
Code Identity
Code Classification
Code EditsBilling
Medicare Code Editor checks that affect claim validity for Z02.89.
Present on Admission (POA)Billing
Z02.89 is exempt from POA reporting on inpatient claims to general acute care hospitals. Review the other POA exempt codes in Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13).
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Child into care examination status
- Child into care medical examination done
- Seat belt exam performed
- Seat belt exempt signed
- Seat belt exemption examination status
- Special examination performed
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z02.89: its own notes plus those printed at block Z00-Z13 and Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Applicable To
Conditions this code is used for: synonyms of the title or, for "other specified" codes, the conditions assigned to it. The list is not exhaustive.
- Encounter for examination for admission to prison
- Encounter for examination for admission to summer camp
- Encounter for immigration examination
- Encounter for naturalization examination
- Encounter for premarital examination
Excludes1
Not coded here: the excluded code is never reported together with this one, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
Excludes2
Not included here: the excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, so both codes may be reported.
Notes
General instructions on how these codes are used.
- 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.
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.
Referenced in Other NotesGuidance
Instructional notes printed at other codes that name Z02.89, its category, or a range that includes it.
Excludes1 4
These codes carry an Excludes1 note naming Z02.89: they are not reported together with it, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
- Z02.2 Encounter for examination for admission to residential institutionexamination for admission to prison (Z02.89)
- Z00 Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosisencounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-) names Z02.-, which includes this code
- Z01 Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosisencounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-) names Z02.-, which includes this code
- Z02.7 Encounter for issue of medical certificate
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.
Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) Z00.00
medical (adult) (for) (of) Z00.00
administrative purpose only Z02.9
specified NEC Z02.89
prison Z02.89
summer camp Z02.89
camp (summer) Z02.89
immigration Z02.89
marriage Z02.89
naturalization Z02.89
for entrance into prison Z02.89
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Convert Z02.89 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
Code HistoryHistory
Questions About Z02.89Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for encounter for other administrative examinations?
The ICD-10-CM code for encounter for other administrative examinations is Z02.89 (sometimes written as Z0289). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is Z02.89 (Encounter for other administrative examinations) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report encounter for other administrative examinations on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does Z02.89 group to?
On inpatient claims, encounter for other administrative examinations maps to MS-DRG 951, 795, with relative weights from 0.2022 to 0.5574 depending on complications. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
Can Z02.89 be a principal diagnosis?
No. The Medicare Code Editor rejects this code as a principal diagnosis because encounter for other administrative examinations describes a circumstance that influences health status rather than a current illness. Report it as a secondary diagnosis.
Is Z02.89 exempt from POA reporting?
Yes. CMS lists this code among those exempt from present on admission reporting, so hospitals do not assign a POA indicator for encounter for other administrative examinations on inpatient claims. The code appears in the Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13) range of the CMS exempt list.
