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Z85.84

Z85.84Personal history of malignant neoplasm of eye and nervous tissue

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z85.84 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for personal history of malignant neoplasm of eye and nervous tissue. 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 C69-C72

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z85.84

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of Z85.84, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

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

Z85.84 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.

Code history

Z85.84 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead Z85.84

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z85.8. If Z85.84 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z85.84

Is Z85.84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. Z85.84 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z85.84 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.