Z86.17
Z86.17: Personal history of Clostridioides difficile infection
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z86.17 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of clostridioides difficile infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z86.17 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent (A04.71)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Personal history of Clostridium difficile colitis (fulminant) (nonfulminant)
- Personal history of foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
- Personal history of Pseudomembraneous colitis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- History›personal›Clostridium difficile›colitis(fulminant) (nonfulminant)
- History›personal›Clostridium difficile›difficile infection
- History›personal›Clostridium difficile›foodborne intoxication
- History›personal›infection NEC›Clostridioides(Clostridium) difficile (colitis) (infection)
- History›personal›malignant neoplasm›Pseudomembraneous colitis
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
- addedFY2024-FY2027
Personal history of Clostridioides difficile infection
Other codes under Z86.1
- Z86.11Personal history of tuberculosis
- Z86.12Personal history of poliomyelitis
- Z86.13Personal history of malaria
- Z86.14Personal history of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
- Z86.15Personal history of latent tuberculosis infection
- Z86.16Personal history of COVID-19
- Z86.19Personal history of other infectious and parasitic diseases