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Z91.89

Z91.89: Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z91.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified. 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.

  • Increased risk for social isolation

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z91.89

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

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.

Medicare coverage

Z91.89 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52421Billing and Coding: Ibandronate Sodium
  • A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A56779Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immune Globulin

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Maltreatment›personal history of
  • Problem›personal hygiene
  • At risk›for›social isolation
  • Failure, failed›Note: heart failure stages A, B, C, and D are based on the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association stages of heart failure, which complement and should not be confused with the New York Heart Association Classification of Heart Failure, into Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV›stage A
  • History›personal›maltreatment
  • History›personal›poisoning NEC
  • History›personal›poor personal hygiene
  • History›personal›risk factors NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Z91.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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