Z12.4 ICD-10-CM Code: Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of cervix
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)
A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.
Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z12.4 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Encounter for screening pap smear for malignant neoplasm of cervix
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- when screening is part of general gynecological examination (Z01.4-)
- encounter for diagnostic examination-code to sign or symptom
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- encounter for screening for human papillomavirus (Z11.51)
- examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- Use additional code to identify any family history of malignant neoplasm (Z80.-)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z12.4 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- Z12.13 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of small intestine
- Z12.2 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of respiratory organs
- Z12.3 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of breast
- Z12.31 — Encounter for screening mammogram for malignant neoplasm of breast
- Z12.39 — Encounter for other screening for malignant neoplasm of breast
- Z12.5 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of prostate
- Z12.6 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of bladder
- Z12.7 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of other genitourinary organs
- Z12.71 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of testis
- Z12.72 — Encounter for screening for malignant neoplasm of vagina
Indexed Clinical Terms (7)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Admission (for), Papanicolaou smear, cervix
- Admission (for), Papanicolaou smear, cervix, for suspected malignant neoplasm
- Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine), cervical Papanicolaou smear
- Papanicolaou smear, cervix
- Papanicolaou smear, cervix, for suspected neoplasm
- Screening (for), neoplasm (malignant) (of), cervix
- Screening (for), neoplasm (malignant) (of), genitourinary organs NEC, cervix