Y07.44
Y07.44 — Child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Y07.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Adopted child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Biological child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Daughter, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Foster child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- In-law child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Non-binary child, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Son, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Stepchild, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
Risk adjustment
Y07.44 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Y07.44 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Y07.44.
- Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect›child(adopted) (biological) (foster) (in-law) (step)
- Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect›daughter(adopted) (biological) (foster) (in-law) (step)
- Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect›son(adopted) (biological) (foster) (in-law) (step)
- Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect›non-binary›child(adopted) (biological) (foster) (in-law) (step)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y07.4. If Y07.44 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Y07.41Sibling, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.42Foster parent, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.43Stepparent or stepsibling, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.45Grandchild, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.46Grandparent, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.47Parental sibling, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- Y07.49Other family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
Questions about Y07.44
- Is Y07.44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Y07.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Y07.44 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Assault (X92-Y09).