Z60.5

Z60.5: Target of (perceived) adverse discrimination and persecution

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z60.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for target of (perceived) adverse discrimination and persecution. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z60.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

social exclusion and rejection (Z60.4)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z60.5

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

Z60.4Social exclusion and rejection
Z65.5Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z60.5 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

Discrimination›ethnic
Discrimination›political
Discrimination›racial
Discrimination›religious
Discrimination›sex
Exposure›discrimination
Exposure›persecution
Persecution›social
Social›exclusion›due to discrimination or persecution(perceived)
Social›rejection›due to discrimination or persecution
Maladjustment›social›due to›discrimination and persecution(perceived)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.