Z90.8
Z90.8 — Acquired absence of other organs
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z90.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acquired absence of other organs. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with Z90.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z90.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z90.8 alone.
- D73.0Hyposplenism
Risk adjustment
Z90.8 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 Z90.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z90. If Z90.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z90.0Acquired absence of part of head and neck
- Z90.1Acquired absence of breast and nipple
- Z90.2Acquired absence of lung [part of]
- Z90.3Acquired absence of stomach [part of]
- Z90.4Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract
- Z90.5Acquired absence of kidney
- Z90.6Acquired absence of other parts of urinary tract
- Z90.7Acquired absence of genital organ(s)
Questions about Z90.8
- Is Z90.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z90.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z90.8 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).