Z02.89 Encounter for other administrative examinations
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
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 (never code together)
health supervision of foundling or other healthy infant or child (Z76.1-Z76.2)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 795 in MDC 15.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
V68.89 Encounters for other specified administrative purpose (approximate)
V70.3 Other general medical examination for administrative purposes (approximate)
V70.5 Health examination of defined subpopulations (approximate)
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.
Code annotations containing back-references to Z02.89
Back-references to Z02.89
Type 1 Excludes: Z02.2 Encounter for examination for admission to residential institution ("examination for admission to prison (Z02.89)")
Back-references to Z02.8
Type 1 Excludes: Z02.7 Encounter for issue of medical certificate ("encounter for general medical examination (Z00-Z01, Z02.0-Z02.6, Z02.8-Z02.9)")
Back-references to Z02
Type 1 Excludes: Z00 Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis ("encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)")
Type 1 Excludes: Z01 Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis ("encounter for examination for administrative purposes (Z02.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: Z71.84 Encounter for health counseling related to travel ("encounter for administrative examination (Z02.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Z02.89
Encounter (with health service) (for) › administrative purpose only › specified reason NEC
Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › medical (adult) (for) (of) › administrative purpose only › specified NEC
Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › medical (adult) (for) (of) › admission to › prison
Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine) › medical (adult) (for) (of) › admission to › summer camp