Is Z91.A9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z91.A9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z91.A9 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).

Z91.A9

Z91.A9 — Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimen

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z91.A9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimen. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Caregiver's nonadherence to patient's medical treatment

Risk adjustment

Z91.A9 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 Z91.A9

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z91.A. If Z91.A9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z91.A9

Is Z91.A9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z91.A9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z91.A9 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).