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Z85.54

Z85.54Personal history of malignant neoplasm of ureter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z85.54 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of malignant neoplasm of ureter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Z85.54 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.

Medicare coverage

Z85.54 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

  • A52479Oral Anticancer Drugs - Policy Article
  • A54768Billing and Coding: Cardiac Blood Pool Imaging (Multiple Gated Acquisition Scanning- MUGA, Ventriculography) When Performed in Conjunction with Cardiotoxic Chemotherapy
  • A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

How Z85.54 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 Z85.54.

  • Historypersonalmalignant neoplasmureter

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z85.5. If Z85.54 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z85.54

Is Z85.54 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. Z85.54 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Z85.54 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).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.