Z85.81

Z85.81: Personal history of malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z85.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for personal history of malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Conditions classifiable to C00-C14

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z85.81

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

Written on Z85: Personal history of malignant neoplasm

personal history of benign neoplasm (Z86.01-)
personal history of carcinoma-in-situ (Z86.00-)

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 Z85.81

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Z85.810Personal history of malignant neoplasm of tongue
Z85.818Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other sites of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx
Z85.819Personal history of malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx

Other codes under Z85.8

Z85.82Personal history of malignant neoplasm of skin
Z85.83Personal history of malignant neoplasm of bone and soft tissue
Z85.84Personal history of malignant neoplasm of eye and nervous tissue
Z85.85Personal history of malignant neoplasm of endocrine glands
Z85.89Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other organs and systems