Z62.29

Z62.29: Other upbringing away from parents

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other upbringing away from parents. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z62.29 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z62.29

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 Z62.29

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

Problem›removal from home affecting child
Removal›home in childhood(to foster home or institution)
Upbringing, institutional›away from parents NEC
Problem›negative life events in childhood›removal from home

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z62.2