Z31
Header — not billableEncounter for procreative management
The ICD-10 code for encounter for procreative management is Z31.
Z31 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Z31
- Z31.0Encounter for reversal of previous sterilization
- Z31.4Encounter for procreative investigation and testingnon-billable header
- Z31.5Encounter for procreative genetic counseling
- Z31.6Encounter for general counseling and advice on procreationnon-billable header
- Z31.7Encounter for procreative management and counseling for gestational carrier
- Z31.8Encounter for other procreative managementnon-billable header
- Z31.9Encounter for procreative management, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- Z30Encounter for contraceptive managementnon-billable header
- Z32Encounter for pregnancy test and childbirth and childcare instructionnon-billable header
- Z33Pregnant statenon-billable header
- Z34Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancynon-billable header
- Z36Encounter for antenatal screening of mothernon-billable header
- Z37Outcome of deliverynon-billable header
- Z38Liveborn infants according to place of birth and type of deliverynon-billable header
- Z39Encounter for maternal postpartum care and examinationnon-billable header
- Z3AWeeks of gestationnon-billable header
- Z31Encounter for procreative managementnon-billable header