Z63.8

Z63.8: Other specified problems related to primary support group

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified problems related to primary support group. 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.

Family discord NOS
Family estrangement NOS
High expressed emotional level within family
Inadequate family support NOS
Inadequate or distorted communication within family

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z63.8

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

Conflict›family
Discord›family
Disruption›family
Distortion›intrafamilial communications
Family, familial›disruption
High›expressed emotional level within family
Inadequate, inadequacy›family support
Inadequate, inadequacy›intrafamilial communication
Problem›intrafamilial communication
Family, familial›problem›specified NEC
Problem›family›specified NEC
Problem›primary support group›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.