Z78

Z78: Other specified health status

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z78 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified health status. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
postprocedural status (Z93-Z99)
sex reassignment status (Z87.890-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z78

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N95.1Menopausal and female climacteric states

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 Z78

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Z78.0Asymptomatic menopausal state
Z78.1Physical restraint status
Z78.9Other specified health status