Z74.2

Z74.2: Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Z74.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z74.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z74.2

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 Z74.2

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

Z75.0Medical services not available in home
Z73.6Limitation of activities due to disability

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Lack of›person able to render necessary care
Living alone›with handicapped person
Care›unavailable, due to›absence of person rendering care
Care›unavailable, due to›inability of person rendering care(any reason)
Inadequate, inadequacy›household care, due to›temporary absence from home of person rendering care
Lack of›care›in home
Need›care provider because›no other household member able to render care
Care›family member›unavailable, due to›absence(person rendering care) (sufferer)
Care›family member›unavailable, due to›inability of person rendering care(any reason)
Dependence›on›care provider›no other household member able to render care
Inadequate, inadequacy›household care, due to›family member›handicapped or ill
Inadequate, inadequacy›household care, due to›family member›temporarily away from home

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.