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Z73.6

Z73.6: Limitation of activities due to disability

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z73.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for limitation of activities due to disability. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z73.6 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.

  • care-provider dependency (Z74.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z73.6

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

Written on Z73: Problems related to life management difficulty

  • 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

  • Disability, disabilities›limiting activities
  • Limitation, limited›activities due to disability

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z73

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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