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Z62.3

Z62.3: Hostility towards and scapegoating of child

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hostility towards and scapegoating of child. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z62.3

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

  • Scapegoating affecting child
  • Hostility›towards child

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z62

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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