Z63.5

Z63.5: Disruption of family by separation and divorce

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z63.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disruption of family by separation and divorce. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z63.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Marital estrangement

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z63.5

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z63: Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances

maltreatment syndrome (T74.-, T76)
parent-child problems (Z62.-)
problems related to negative life events in childhood (Z62.-)
problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z63.5

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Z63.3Absence of family member

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Divorce, causing family disruption
Estrangement(marital)
Conjugal maladjustment›involving divorce or estrangement
Incompatibility›divorce or estrangement
Conflict›marital›involving divorce or estrangement
Family, familial›disruption›involving divorce or separation
Maladjustment›conjugal›involving divorce or estrangement
Maladjustment›marital›involving divorce or estrangement
Disruption›family›due to›divorce or separation
Problem›marital›involving›divorce
Problem›marital›involving›estrangement

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z63