Z87.768
Z87.768 — Personal history of other specified (corrected) congenital malformations of integument, limbs and musculoskeletal system
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z87.768 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of other specified (corrected) congenital malformations of integument, limbs and musculoskeletal system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
Z87.768 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.
How Z87.768 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z87.768.
- History›personal›congenital malformation›integument(corrected)
- History›personal›congenital malformation›limb(s) (corrected)
- History›personal›congenital malformation›musculoskeletal system(corrected)
- History›personal›congenital malformation›malformations›integument
- History›personal›congenital malformation›malformations›limbs
- History›personal›congenital malformation›malformations›musculoskeletal system
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z87.76. If Z87.768 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z87.760Personal history of (corrected) congenital diaphragmatic hernia or other congenital diaphragm malformations
- Z87.761Personal history of (corrected) gastroschisis
- Z87.762Personal history of (corrected) prune belly malformation
- Z87.763Personal history of other (corrected) congenital abdominal wall malformations
Questions about Z87.768
- Is Z87.768 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z87.768 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z87.768 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).