Z72.823
Z72.823 — Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Z72.823 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Child-caregiver co-sleeping
- Infant bed-sharing
Risk adjustment
Z72.823 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 Z72.823 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 Z72.823.
- Bed-sharing, infant
- Co-sleeping, child-caregiver
- Risk›for›suffocation under another while sleeping(smothering)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z72.82. If Z72.823 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z72.823
- Is Z72.823 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z72.823 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z72.823 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).