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Z30.017 ICD-10-CM Code: Encounter for initial prescription of implantable subdermal contraceptive

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, 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.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Encounter for initial prescription of implantable subdermal contraceptive is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z30.017).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z30.017 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Contraception, contraceptive, initial prescription, subdermal implantable
  • Prescription of contraceptives (initial), implantable subdermal

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on Z30.017 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Encounter for initial prescription of implantable subdermal contraceptive
    FY2017 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. The Medicare Code Editor lists this code as unacceptable as a principal diagnosis: it describes a circumstance influencing health status rather than a current illness or injury being treated. It is valid as a secondary diagnosis.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name Z30.017 or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: Z92.0 (via Z30.-).

15 Excludes2 notes: Z00 (via Z30.-), Z00-Z13 (via Z30.-), Z01 (via Z30.-), Z02 (via Z30.-), Z03 (via Z30.-), Z04 (via Z30.-), Z05 (via Z30.-), Z08 (via Z30.-), Z09 (via Z30.-), Z11 (via Z30.-) and 5 more.

Potential MS-DRG Relationships (FY2026)

Not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 951 (MDC 23).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):FAC013 — Contraceptive and procreative management (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Z30.017 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • Z00-Z99 — Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services (Z00-Z99) (Z00-Z99) [Hierarchy]
  • Z30-Z39 — Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • Z92.0 — Personal history of contraception [Excludes1](via Z30.-): “counseling or management of current contraceptive practices (Z30.-)” · check together

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (15)

  • Z00 — Encounter for general examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z00-Z13 — Persons encountering health services for examinations (Z00-Z13) [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z01 — Encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z02 — Encounter for administrative examination [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z03 — Encounter for medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z04 — Encounter for examination and observation for other reasons [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z05 — Encounter for observation and evaluation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • Z08 — Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for malignant neoplasm [Excludes2](via Z30.-): “examinations related to pregnancy and reproduction (Z30-Z36, Z39.-)” · check together
  • and 7 more

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • FAC013 — Contraceptive and procreative management [CCSR]

Potential MS-DRG

  • DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS [MS-DRG]: “OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)”

MDC crossing · procedures (1235)

  • MDC 23 — Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services [MDC crossing]: “Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”
  • F003GKZ — Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Audiovisual Equipment [Same-MDC procedure]: “Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Audiovisual Equipment — grouped in MDC 23, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • F003GMZ — Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Augmentative / Alternative Communication Equipment [Same-MDC procedure]: “Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Augmentative / Alternative Communication Equipment — grouped in MDC 23, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • F003GPZ — Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Computer [Same-MDC procedure]: “Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Computer — grouped in MDC 23, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • F003GYZ — Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Other Equipment [Same-MDC procedure]: “Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body using Other Equipment — grouped in MDC 23, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • F003GZZ — Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body [Same-MDC procedure]: “Communicative/Cognitive Integration Skills Assessment of Neurological System - Whole Body — grouped in MDC 23, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • and 1230 more

Index entries

  • Contraception, contraceptive, initial prescription, subdermal implantable[Index term]
  • Prescription of contraceptives (initial), implantable subdermal[Index term]

Nearest codes (29)

  • Z30 — Encounter for contraceptive management [Sibling]
  • Z30.0 — Encounter for general counseling and advice on contraception [Sibling]
  • Z30.01 — Encounter for initial prescription of contraceptives [Sibling]
  • Z30.011 — Encounter for initial prescription of contraceptive pills [Sibling]
  • Z30.012 — Encounter for prescription of emergency contraception [Sibling]
  • Z30.013 — Encounter for initial prescription of injectable contraceptive [Sibling]
  • Z30.014 — Encounter for initial prescription of intrauterine contraceptive device [Sibling]
  • Z30.015 — Encounter for initial prescription of vaginal ring hormonal contraceptive [Sibling]
  • and 21 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z30.017 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Z30.012 — Encounter for prescription of emergency contraception
  • Z30.013 — Encounter for initial prescription of injectable contraceptive
  • Z30.014 — Encounter for initial prescription of intrauterine contraceptive device
  • Z30.015 — Encounter for initial prescription of vaginal ring hormonal contraceptive
  • Z30.016 — Encounter for initial prescription of transdermal patch hormonal contraceptive device
  • Z30.018 — Encounter for initial prescription of other contraceptives
  • Z30.019 — Encounter for initial prescription of contraceptives, unspecified
  • Z30.02 — Counseling and instruction in natural family planning to avoid pregnancy
  • Z30.09 — Encounter for other general counseling and advice on contraception
  • Z30.2 — Encounter for sterilization

View all codes in the Z30 family