Z91.118

Z91.118: Patient's noncompliance with dietary regimen for other reason

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z91.118 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for patient's noncompliance with dietary regimen for other reason. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Inability to comply with dietary regimen

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z91.118

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

Written on Z91.1: Patient's noncompliance with medical treatment and regimen

caregiver noncompliance with patient's medical treatment and regimen (Z91.A-)

Written on Z91: Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)
exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)
female genital mutilation status (N90.81-)
occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Inability to›comply with dietary regimen
Noncompliance›with›dietary regimen›due to›specified reason NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.