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Z72.820

Z72.820: Sleep deprivation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z72.820 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sleep deprivation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z72.820 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Inclusion terms

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

  • Lack of adequate sleep

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z72.820

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z72.820

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

  • F51.12Insufficient sleep syndrome

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Deprivation›sleep
  • Lack of›sleep(adequate)
  • Sleep›deprivation
  • Lack of›adequate›sleep

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z72.82

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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