Is Z62.24 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z62.24 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z62.24 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).

What cannot be coded together with Z62.24?

Z62.24 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z62.24 (Z62.2) and apply to it just the same.

Z62.24

Z62.24 — Child in custody of non-relative guardian

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.24 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for child in custody of non-relative guardian. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Code also

Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.

, if applicable, child in welfare custody (Z62.21)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z62.24

These are not written on Z62.24, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing Z62.24 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on Z62.2 — Upbringing away from parents

problems with boarding school (Z59.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z62.24

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z62.24, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on Z62 — Problems related to upbringing

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

Risk adjustment

Z62.24 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.

How Z62.24 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 Z62.24.

Problem›child›in›custody of›non-relative guardian

Code history

Z62.24 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z62.2. If Z62.24 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z62.24

Is Z62.24 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z62.24 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z62.24 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).
What cannot be coded together with Z62.24?: Z62.24 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above Z62.24 (Z62.2) and apply to it just the same.