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.

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Inclusion terms

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

Child-caregiver co-sleeping
Infant bed-sharing

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z72.823

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

Bed-sharing, infant
Co-sleeping, child-caregiver
Risk›for›suffocation under another while sleeping(smothering)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.