Encounter for dental examination and cleaning with abnormal findings
- Z01.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Encounter for dental exam and cleaning w abnormal findings
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM Z01.21 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z01.21 – other international versions of ICD-10 Z01.21 may differ.
Use Additional
- code to identify abnormal findings
The following code(s) above Z01.21 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to Z01.21:
- Z00-Z99 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examinations
- Z01 Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis
Present On Admission
- Z01.21 is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM Z01.21 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 951 Other factors influencing health status
Convert Z01.21 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to Z01.21:
- Admission (for) – see also Encounter (for)
- examination at health care facility (adult) Z00.00 – see also Examination
- Dental – see also condition
- examinationZ01.20
- with abnormal findings Z01.21
- examinationZ01.20
- Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) Z00.00