Z63.71

Z63.71: Stress on family due to return of family member from military deployment

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z63.71 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for stress on family due to return of family member from military deployment. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z63.71 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Individual or family affected by family member having returned from military deployment (current or past conflict)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z63.71

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 Z63.71

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

Z63.31Absence of family member due to military deployment

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›return of family member from military deployment(current or past conflict)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.