Is Z15.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z15.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z15.8 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).

Z15.8

Z15.8 — Genetic susceptibility to other disease

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z15.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for genetic susceptibility to other disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Z15.8 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.

Code to one of these instead Z15.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z15. If Z15.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z15.8

Is Z15.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z15.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z15.8 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).