V20.0 FOUNDLING HEALTH CARE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V20.0

Short Description: Foundling health care

Long Description: Health supervision of foundling

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction and development (V20-V29)
      • V20 Health supervision of infant or child
        • V20.0 Foundling health care

This code is valid for pediatric diagnoses (age 0 through 17)

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V20.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Foundling V20.0

Crosswalk Information

The code V20.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V20.0 Right Arrow Z76.1 Encounter for health supervision and care of foundling
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
V20.1 Other healthy infant or child receiving care
V20.2 Routine infant or child health check
V20.31 Health supervision for newborn under 8 days old
V20.32 Health supervision for newborn 8 to 28 days old


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014