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Z72.810

Z72.810Child and adolescent antisocial behavior

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z72.810 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for child and adolescent antisocial behavior. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

  • Antisocial behavior (child) (adolescent) without manifest psychiatric disorder
  • Delinquency NOS
  • Group delinquency
  • Offenses in the context of gang membership
  • Stealing in company with others
  • Truancy from school

Risk adjustment

Z72.810 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How Z72.810 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z72.810.

  • Delinquencygroup
  • Gangmembership offenses
  • Truancy, childhoodfrom school
  • Behaviorantisocialchild or adolescent
  • Stealingchild problemin company with others

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z72.81. If Z72.810 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z72.810

Is Z72.810 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. Z72.810 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z72.810 sit in the tabular list?
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.