Z60.0 — Problems of adjustment to life-cycle transitions
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.
Inclusion 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
Z60.0 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.
Medicare coverage
Z60.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes
How Z60.0 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 Z60.0.
- 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)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z60. If Z60.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z60.0
- Is Z60.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z60.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z60.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65).