Z76.8
Z76.8: Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z76.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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 Z76.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under Z76
- 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]