Z62.21

Z62.21: Child in welfare custody

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for child in welfare custody. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Child in foster care
Child in welfare guardianship

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z62.21

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Z62.2: Upbringing away from parents

problems with boarding school (Z59.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z62.21

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

Written on Z62: Problems related to upbringing

maltreatment syndrome (T74.-)
problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Upbringing, institutional›in care of non-parental family member
Upbringing, institutional›in foster care
Upbringing, institutional›in welfare custody
Problem›child›in›foster care
Problem›child›in›welfare›custody
Problem›child›in›welfare›guardianship

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z62.2