Z87.3
Z87.3 — Personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z87.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- personal history of (healed) traumatic fracture (Z87.81)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
Risk adjustment
Z87.3 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 to one of these instead Z87.3
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z87. If Z87.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z87.0Personal history of diseases of the respiratory system
- Z87.1Personal history of diseases of the digestive system
- Z87.2Personal history of diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Z87.4Personal history of diseases of genitourinary system
- Z87.5Personal history of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Z87.6Personal history of certain (corrected) conditions arising in the perinatal period
- Z87.7Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations
- Z87.8Personal history of other specified conditions
Questions about Z87.3
- Is Z87.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z87.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z87.3 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).