Is Z62.831 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Z62.831 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Z62.831 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 Z62.831?

Z62.831 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z62.831

Z62.831 — Non-parental relative-child conflict

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z62.831 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for non-parental relative-child conflict. 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.

group home staff-child conflict (Z62.833)

Inclusion terms

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

Grandparent-child conflict
Kinship-care child conflict
Non-parental relative legal guardian-child conflict
Other relative-child conflict

Risk adjustment

Z62.831 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 Z62.831 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 Z62.831.

Conflict›grandparent-child
Conflict›kinship-care child
Conflict›non-parental relative legal guardian-child
Conflict›non-parental relative-child
Conflict›other relative-child

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z62.83. If Z62.831 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z62.831

Is Z62.831 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Z62.831 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z62.831 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 Z62.831?: Z62.831 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.