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Z87.51

Z87.51: Personal history of pre-term labor

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z87.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of pre-term labor. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • current pregnancy with history of pre-term labor (O09.21-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z87.51

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

Written on Z87.5: Personal history of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

  • recurrent pregnancy loss (N96)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • History›personal›preterm labor
  • History›personal›obstetric complications›pre-term labor

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z87.5

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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