Z76
Z76: Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z76 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for persons encountering health services in other circumstances. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z76
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Z76
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z76.0Encounter for issue of repeat prescription
- Z76.1Encounter for health supervision and care of foundling
- Z76.2Encounter for health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child
- Z76.3Healthy person accompanying sick person
- Z76.4Other boarder to healthcare facility
- Z76.5Malingerer [conscious simulation]
- Z76.8Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances