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Z69

Z69: Encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z69 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • counseling for victims and perpetrators of abuse

Other codes that can never be billed with Z69

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

  • Z63.0Problems in relationship with spouse or partner
  • Z69.011Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of parental child abuse

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Z69

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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