Z76.82
Z76.82: Awaiting organ transplant status
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z76.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for awaiting organ transplant status. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z76.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Patient waiting for organ availability
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z76.82 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55717Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A56391Billing and Coding: Implantable Automatic Defibrillators
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Status›awaiting organ transplant
- Transplant›awaiting organ
- Transplant›candidate
- Waiting list, person on›for organ transplant
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.