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Z74.09

Z74.09: Other reduced mobility

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z74.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other reduced mobility. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z74.09 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • wheelchair dependence (Z99.3)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Chairridden
  • Reduced mobility NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z74.09

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

Written on Z74: Problems related to care provider dependency

  • dependence on enabling machines or devices NEC (Z99.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z74.09

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

  • Z73.6Limitation of activities due to disability

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z74.09 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56587Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • A56779Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immune Globulin
  • A58573Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • A58774Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Chairridden
  • Problem›impaired mobility
  • Reduced›mobility
  • Impaired, impairment›mobility›requiring care provider
  • Need›care provider because›impaired mobility
  • Dependence›on›care provider›impaired mobility

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z74.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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