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Y99.2

Y99.2: Volunteer activity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Y99.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for volunteer activity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Y99.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • activity of child or other family member assisting in compensated work of other family member (Y99.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with Y99.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Y99.0Civilian activity done for income or pay

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • External cause status›volunteer activity
  • Status of external cause›volunteer activity

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Y99

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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