Z98.870 — Personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy
Z98.870 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of in utero procedure during pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Risk adjustment
Z98.870 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 Z98.870 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 Z98.870.
- History›personal›in utero procedure during pregnancy
- History›personal›procedure during pregnancy
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z98.87. If Z98.870 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Z98.870
- Is Z98.870 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Z98.870 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Z98.870 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).