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Z00.0 ICD-10-CA code: General medical examination

Z00.0 is the ICD-10-CA code for “General medical examination” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

Z00.0

General medical examination

ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written Z000

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to Z00.0. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Check up, health (routine)
  • Health, check up (routine)
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for)
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for), medical (for) (of)
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for), medical (for) (of), general
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for), annual (periodic) (physical)

Notes for Z00.0

As CIHI prints them, with any note Z00.0 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

  • Health check-up NOSPeriodic examination (annual)(physical)

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

Note

  • Nonspecific abnormal findings disclosed at the time of these examinations are classified to categories (R70-R94).From Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examination and investigation
  • This chapter should not be used for international comparison or for primary mortality coding.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 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. Such factors may be elicited during population surveys, when the person may or may not be currently sick, or be recorded as an additional factor to be borne in mind when the person is receiving care for some illness or injury.From Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

Where Z00.0 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
  2. 2Block Z00-Z13Persons encountering health services for examination and investigation
  3. 3Category Z00General examination and investigation of persons without complaint and reported diagnosis
  4. 4Valid code Z00.0General medical examination

Source and release

Data release
ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
Effective date
Apr 1, 2026
Publisher
CIHI

This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See Z00.0 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code Z00.0 mean?

Z00.0 is the ICD-10-CA code for “General medical examination” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is Z00.0 in ICD-10-CA?

Z00.0 sits under Z00 General examination and investigation of persons without complaint and reported diagnosis, within Z00-Z13 Persons encountering health services for examination and investigation, within Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99).

What coding notes apply to Z00.0?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes, Note notes for Z00.0, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?

It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

Codes beside Z00.0

Z00.1Routine child health examinationZ00.2Examination for period of rapid growth in childhoodZ00.3Examination for adolescent development stateZ00.4General psychiatric examination, not elsewhere classifiedZ00.5Examination of potential donor of organ and tissueZ00.6Examination for normal comparison and control in clinical research programmeZ00.8Other general examinations