Z96.82
Z96.82 — Presence of neurostimulator
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z96.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for presence of neurostimulator. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Presence of brain neurostimulator
- Presence of gastric neurostimulator
- Presence of peripheral nerve neurostimulator
- Presence of sacral nerve neurostimulator
- Presence of spinal cord neurostimulator
- Presence of vagus nerve neurostimulator
Risk adjustment
Z96.82 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.
How Z96.82 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Z96.82.
- Presence›neurostimulator(brain) (gastric) (peripheral nerve) (sacral nerve) (spinal cord) (vagus nerve)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z96.8. If Z96.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z96.82
- Is Z96.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z96.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z96.82 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).