Z87.79
Z87.79 — Personal history of other (corrected) congenital malformations
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z87.79 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for personal history of other (corrected) congenital malformations. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z87.79 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 Z87.79
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z87.7. If Z87.79 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z87.71Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of genitourinary system
- Z87.72Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of nervous system and sense organs
- Z87.73Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of digestive system
- Z87.74Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of heart and circulatory system
- Z87.75Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of respiratory system
- Z87.76Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of integument, limbs and musculoskeletal system
Questions about Z87.79
- Is Z87.79 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z87.79 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z87.79 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).