Z83.79

Z83.79: Family history of other diseases of the digestive system

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z83.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for family history of other diseases of the digestive system. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z83.79 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z83.79

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z83: Family history of other specific disorders

contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable disease in the family (Z20.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

Z83.79 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

History›family›disease or disorder›digestive

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.