Z60.0
Z60.0: Problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Z60.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z60.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Empty nest syndrome
- Phase of life problem
- Problem with adjustment to retirement [pension]
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z60.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Empty nest syndrome
- Problem›phase-of-life transition, adjustment
- Syndrome›empty nest
- Problem›adjustment›life-cycle transition
- Problem›adjustment›pension
- Problem›adjustment›retirement
- Maladjustment›social›due to›life-cycle transition(phase of life)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.