Is Z62.811 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z62.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z62.811 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 Z62.811?

Z62.811 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z62.811

Z62.811 — Personal history of psychological abuse in childhood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of psychological abuse in childhood. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

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

current child psychological abuse (T74.32, T76.32)

Risk adjustment

Z62.811 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.

Medicare coverage

Z62.811 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57130Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Codes

How Z62.811 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 Z62.811.

History›personal›abuse›childhood›psychological
History›personal›psychological›abuse›child

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z62.81. If Z62.811 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z62.811

Is Z62.811 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z62.811 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z62.811 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 Z62.811?: Z62.811 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.