Z83.6 — Family history of other diseases of the respiratory system
Z83.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for family history of other diseases of the respiratory system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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.
- family history of asthma and other chronic lower respiratory diseases (Z82.5)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
Risk adjustment
Z83.6 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 Z83.6 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 Z83.6.
- History›family›respiratory condition NEC
- History›family›disease or disorder›respiratory NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z83. If Z83.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z83.0Family history of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease
- Z83.1Family history of other infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z83.2Family history of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Z83.3Family history of diabetes mellitus
- Z83.4Family history of other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Z83.5Family history of eye and ear disorders
- Z83.7Family history of diseases of the digestive system
Questions about Z83.6
- Is Z83.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z83.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z83.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99).