Z63.79

Z63.79: Other stressful life events affecting family and household

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z63.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other stressful life events affecting family and household. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Anxiety (normal) about sick person in family
Health problems within family
Ill or disturbed family member
Isolated family

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z63.79

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.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Isolation, isolated›family
Problem›presence of sick or disabled person in family or household
Sick›or handicapped person in family
Disruption›family›due to›stressful life events NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.