Is Z87.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z87.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z87.8 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).

Z87.8

Z87.8 — Personal history of other specified conditions

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z87.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for personal history of other specified conditions. 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 self harm (Z91.5-)

Other codes that can never be billed with Z87.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z87.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z87.8 alone.

Z90.7Acquired absence of genital organ(s)
F17Nicotine dependence
Z18Retained foreign body fragments
Z72.0Tobacco use
Z86.73Personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), and cerebral infarction without residual deficits

Risk adjustment

Z87.8 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 Z87.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z87. If Z87.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z87.8

Is Z87.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z87.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z87.8 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).