Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V20.2
Routine infant or child health check
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Pediatric Only Dx (0-17 years)

  • ICD-9-CM V20.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V20.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V20.2 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z00.129 Encounter for routine child health examination without abnormal findings
Approximate Synonyms
  • Routine child vision test
  • Routine child vision testing
  • Routine child vision testing done
  • Supervision of formula feeding
  • Supervision of formula feeding done
  • Well adolescent care
  • Well adolescent care done
  • Well child care
  • Well child care done
V20.2 Excludes
  • health check for child under 29 days old (V20.31-V20.32)
  • newborn health supervision (V20.31-V20.32)
  • special screening for developmental handicaps (V79.3)
Applies To
  • Developmental testing of infant or child
  • Health check for child over 28 days old
  • Immunizations appropriate for age
  • Routine vision and hearing testing
Use Additional
  • Use additional code(s) to identify:
    • Special screening examination(s) performed (V73.0-V82.9)
ICD-9-CM Coding Information
  • V20.2 is only applicable to pediatric patients aged 0 - 17 years inclusive.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V20.2:
  • Admission (encounter)
    • for
      • adequacy testing (for)
      • adjustment (of)
      • adoption referral or proceedings V68.89
      • aftercare (see also Aftercare) V58.9
      • antineoplastic
        • chemotherapy (oral) (intravenous) V58.11
        • immunotherapy V58.12
      • artificial insemination V26.1
      • assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle V26.81
      • attention to artificial opening (of) V55.9
      • battery replacement
      • blood typing V72.86
      • boarding V65.0
      • breast
        • augmentation or reduction V50.1
        • implant exchange (different material) (different size) V52.4
        • reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
        • removal
          • prophylactic V50.41
          • tissue expander without synchronous insertion of permanent implant V52.4
      • change of
      • checkup only V70.0
      • chemotherapy, (oral) (intravenous), antineoplastic V58.11
      • circumcision, ritual or routine (in absence of medical indication) V50.2
      • clinical research investigation (control) (normal comparison) (participant) V70.7
      • closure of artificial opening - see Attention to, artificial, opening
      • contraceptive
      • convalescence following V66.9
      • cosmetic surgery NEC V50.1
        • breast reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
        • following healed injury or operation V51.8
      • counseling (see also Counseling) V65.40
      • desensitization to allergens V07.1
      • dialysis V56.0
        • catheter
          • fitting and adjustment
          • removal or replacement
        • extracorporeal (renal) V56.0
        • peritoneal V56.8
        • renal V56.0
      • dietary surveillance and counseling V65.3
      • drug monitoring, therapeutic V58.83
      • ear piercing V50.3
      • elective surgery
        • breast
          • augmentation or reduction V50.1
          • reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
          • removal, prophylactic V50.41
        • circumcision, ritual or routine (in absence of medical indication) V50.2
        • cosmetic NEC V50.1
          • breast reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
          • following healed injury or operation V51.8
        • ear piercing V50.3
        • face-lift V50.1
        • hair transplant V50.0
        • plastic
          • breast reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
          • cosmetic NEC V50.1
          • following healed injury or operation V51.8
        • prophylactic organ removal V50.49
        • repair of scarred tissue (following healed injury or operation) V51.8
        • specified type NEC V50.8
      • end-of-life care V66.7
      • examination (see also Examination) V70.9
        • administrative purpose NEC V70.3
        • adoption V70.3
        • allergy V72.7
        • antibody response V72.61
        • at health care facility V70.0
        • athletic team V70.3
        • camp V70.3
        • cardiovascular, preoperative V72.81
        • clinical research investigation (control) (participant) V70.7
        • dental V72.2
        • developmental testing (child) (infant) V20.2
        • donor (potential) V70.8
        • driver's license V70.3
        • ear V72.19
        • employment V70.5
        • eye V72.0
        • follow-up (routine) - see Examination, follow-up
        • for admission to
        • general V70.9
          • specified reason NEC V70.8
        • gynecological V72.31
        • health supervision
          • child (over 28 days old) V20.2
          • infant (over 28 days old) V20.2
          • newborn
        • hearing V72.19
          • following failed hearing screening V72.11
        • immigration V70.3
        • infant
          • 8 to 28 days old V20.32
          • over 28 days old, routine V20.2
          • under 8 days old V20.31
        • insurance certification V70.3
        • laboratory V72.60
          • ordered as part of a routine general medical examination V72.62
          • pre-operative V72.63
          • pre-procedural V72.63
          • specified NEC V72.69
        • marriage license V70.3
        • medical (general) (see also Examination, medical) V70.9
        • medicolegal reasons V70.4
        • naturalization V70.3
        • pelvic (annual) (periodic) V72.31
        • postpartum checkup V24.2
        • pregnancy (possible) (unconfirmed) V72.40
        • preoperative V72.84
        • preprocedural V72.84
        • prior to chemotherapy V72.83
        • prison V70.3
        • psychiatric (general) V70.2
          • requested by authority V70.1
        • radiological NEC V72.5
        • respiratory, preoperative V72.82
        • school V70.3
        • screening - see Screening
        • skin hypersensitivity V72.7
        • specified type NEC V72.85
        • sport competition V70.3
        • vision V72.0
        • well baby and child care V20.2
      • exercise therapy V57.1
      • face-lift, cosmetic reason V50.1
      • fertility preservation (prior to cancer therapy) (prior to surgical removal of gonads) V26.82
      • fitting (of)
      • follow-up examination (routine) (following) V67.9
      • hair transplant, for cosmetic reason V50.0
      • health advice, education, or instruction V65.4
      • hearing conservation and treatment V72.12
      • hormone replacement therapy (postmenopausal) V07.4
      • hospice care V66.7
      • immunizations (childhood) appropriate for age V20.2
      • immunotherapy, antineoplastic V58.12
      • insertion (of)
        • intrauterine contraceptive device V25.11
        • subdermal implantable contraceptive V25.5
      • insulin pump titration V53.91
      • insulin pump training V65.46
      • intrauterine device
      • investigation to determine further disposition V63.8
      • in vitro fertilization cycle V26.81
      • isolation V07.0
      • issue of
        • disability examination certificate V68.01
        • medical certificate NEC V68.09
        • repeat prescription NEC V68.1
          • contraceptive device NEC V25.49
      • kidney dialysis V56.0
      • lengthening of growth rod V54.02
      • mental health evaluation V70.2
        • requested by authority V70.1
      • natural family planning counseling and advice
      • nonmedical reason NEC V68.89
      • nursing care evaluation V63.8
      • observation (without need for further medical care) (see also Observation) V71.9
      • occupational therapy V57.21
      • organ transplant, donor - see Donor
      • ovary, ovarian removal, prophylactic V50.42
      • palliative care V66.7
      • Papanicolaou smear
        • cervix V76.2
          • for suspected malignant neoplasm V76.2
          • routine, as part of gynecological examination V72.31
          • to confirm findings of recent normal smear following initial abnormal smear V72.32
            • following hysterectomy for malignant condition V67.01
        • vaginal V76.47
      • passage of sounds or bougie in artificial opening - see Attention to, artificial, opening
      • paternity testing V70.4
      • peritoneal dialysis V56.32
      • physical therapy NEC V57.1
      • plastic surgery
        • breast reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
        • cosmetic NEC V50.1
        • following healed injury or operation V51.8
      • postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy V07.4
      • postpartum observation
        • immediately after delivery V24.0
        • routine follow-up V24.2
      • poststerilization (for restoration) V26.0
      • procreative management V26.9
        • assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle V26.81
        • in vitro fertilization cycle V26.81
        • specified type NEC V26.89
      • prophylactic
      • psychiatric examination (general) V70.2
        • requested by authority V70.1
      • radiation management V58.0
      • radiotherapy V58.0
      • reconstruction following mastectomy V51.0
      • reforming of artificial opening - see Attention to, artificial, opening
      • rehabilitation V57.9
      • removal of
      • repair of scarred tissue (following healed injury or operation) V51.8
      • replacement of intrauterine contraceptive device V25.13
      • reprogramming of cardiac pacemaker V53.31
      • respirator [ventilator] dependence
      • restoration of organ continuity (poststerilization) (tuboplasty) (vasoplasty) V26.0
      • Rh typing V72.86
      • routine infant and child vision and hearing testing V20.2
      • sensitivity test - see also Test, skin
      • social service (agency) referral or evaluation V63.8
      • speech(-language) therapy V57.3
      • sterilization V25.2
      • suspected disorder (ruled out) (without need for further care) - see Observation
      • terminal care V66.7
      • tests only - see Test
      • therapeutic drug monitoring V58.83
      • therapy
      • toilet or cleaning
        • of artificial opening - see Attention to, artificial, opening
        • of non-vascular catheter V58.82
        • of vascular catheter V58.81
      • treatment
      • tubal ligation V25.2
      • tuboplasty for previous sterilization V26.0
      • ultrasound, routine fetal V28.3
      • vaccination, prophylactic (against)
        • arthropod-borne virus, viral NEC V05.1
        • Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) V03.2
        • BCG V03.2
        • chickenpox V05.4
        • cholera alone V03.0
          • with typhoid-paratyphoid (cholera + TAB) V06.0
        • common cold V04.7
        • dengue V05.1
        • diphtheria alone V03.5
        • diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) (DTaP) V06.1
          • with
            • poliomyelitis (DTP polio) V06.3
            • typhoid-paratyphoid (DTP + TAB) V06.2
        • diphtheria-tetanus [Td] [DT] without pertussis V06.5
        • disease (single) NEC V05.9
        • encephalitis, viral, arthropod-borne V05.0
        • Hemophilus influenzae, type B [Hib] V03.81
        • hepatitis, viral V05.3
        • human papillomavirus (HPV) V04.89
        • immune sera (gamma globulin) V07.2
        • influenza V04.81
          • with
            • Streptococcus pneumoniae [pneumococcus] V06.6
        • Leishmaniasis V05.2
        • measles alone V04.2
        • measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) V06.4
        • mumps alone V04.6
          • with measles and rubella (MMR) V06.4
        • not done because of contraindication V64.09
        • pertussis alone V03.6
        • plague V03.3
        • pneumonia V03.82
        • poliomyelitis V04.0
          • with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP polio) V06.3
        • rabies V04.5
        • respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) V04.82
        • rubella alone V04.3
          • with measles and mumps (MMR) V06.4
        • smallpox V04.1
        • specified type NEC V05.8
        • Streptococcus pneumoniae [pneumococcus] V03.82
        • tetanus toxoid alone V03.7
          • with diphtheria [Td] [DT] V06.5
            • and pertussis (DTP) (DTaP) V06.1
        • tuberculosis (BCG) V03.2
        • tularemia V03.4
        • typhoid alone V03.1
          • with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (TAB + DTP) V06.2
        • typhoid-paratyphoid alone (TAB) V03.1
        • typhus V05.8
        • varicella (chicken pox) V05.4
        • viral encephalitis, arthropod-borne V05.0
        • viral hepatitis V05.3
        • yellow fever V04.4
      • vasectomy V25.2
      • vasoplasty for previous sterilization V26.0
      • vision examination V72.0
      • vocational therapy V57.22
      • waiting period for admission to other facility V63.2
        • undergoing social agency investigation V63.8
      • well baby and child care V20.2
      • x-ray of chest
  • Checkup
    • infant (over 28 days old) (not sick) V20.2
    • newborn, routine
      • 8 to 28 days old V20.32
      • over 28 days old, routine V20.2
      • under 8 days old V20.31
      • weight V20.32
  • Encounter for - see also Admission for
    • immunizations (childhood) appropriate for age V20.2
    • routine infant and child vision and hearing testing V20.2
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for) V70.9
    • child care (routine) V20.2
    • developmental testing (child) (infant) V20.2
    • infant
      • 8 to 28 days old V20.32
      • over 28 days old, routine V20.2
      • under 8 days old V20.31
    • well baby V20.2
  • Feeding
    • formula check V20.2
  • Test(s)
    • developmental, infant or child V20.2
    • hearing V72.19
      • following failed hearing screening V72.11
      • routine, for infant and child V20.2
    • vision V72.0
      • routine, for infant and child V20.2
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