Z15.068 — Genetic susceptibility to other malignant neoplasm of digestive system
Z15.068 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for genetic susceptibility to other malignant neoplasm of digestive system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Genetic susceptibility to biliary tract cancer
- Genetic susceptibility to gastric cancer
- Genetic susceptibility to pancreatic cancer
- Genetic susceptibility to small bowel cancer
Risk adjustment
Z15.068 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 Z15.068 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 Z15.068.
- Genetic›susceptibility to disease NEC›malignant neoplasm›biliary tract
- Genetic›susceptibility to disease NEC›malignant neoplasm›digestive system NEC
- Genetic›susceptibility to disease NEC›malignant neoplasm›gastric
- Genetic›susceptibility to disease NEC›malignant neoplasm›pancreas
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z15.06. If Z15.068 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z15.068
- Is Z15.068 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z15.068 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z15.068 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Genetic carrier and genetic susceptibility to disease (Z14-Z15).