Z76.81
Z76.81 — Expectant parent(s) prebirth pediatrician visit
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z76.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for expectant parent(s) prebirth pediatrician visit. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pre-adoption pediatrician visit for adoptive parent(s)
Risk adjustment
Z76.81 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.
How Z76.81 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z76.81.
- Encounter›expectant parent pre-birth pediatrician visit(s) (adoptive)
- Encounter›pediatrician visit, by expectant parent(s) (adoptive)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z76.8. If Z76.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z76.81
- Is Z76.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z76.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z76.81 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).