Z63.31
Z63.31: Absence of family member due to military deployment
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z63.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for absence of family member due to military deployment. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z63.31 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- family disruption due to return of family member from military deployment (Z63.71)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Individual or family affected by other family member being on military deployment
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z63.31
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z63.31
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disruption›family›due to›absence of family member due to military deployment
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.