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Z72.3

Z72.3: Lack of physical exercise

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z72.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lack of physical exercise. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z72.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z72.3

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

Written on Z72: Problems related to lifestyle

  • problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
  • problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Lack of›physical exercise

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z72

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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