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Z56.1

Z56.1: Change of job

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z56.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for change of job. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z56.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z56.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z56: Problems related to employment and unemployment

  • occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
  • problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z56.1

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

  • Z73.3Stress, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Change›job, anxiety concerning
  • Problem›adjustment›change of job
  • Problem›employment›change of job

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z56

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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