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
Z76.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Z76.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z76. If Z76.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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]
Questions about Z76.8
- Is Z76.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z76.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z76.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76).