ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T66-T78 › T74 Adult and child abuse, neglect and... › T74.0

T74.0

Neglect or abandonment, confirmed

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • T74.01 Adult neglect or abandonment, confirmed (also a header)
  • T74.02 Child neglect or abandonment, confirmed (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Neglect or abandonment, confirmed

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T74 Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, confirmed

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T74

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • abuse and maltreatment in pregnancy (O9A.3-, O9A.4-, O9A.5-)
  • adult and child maltreatment, suspected (T76.-)

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, to identify any associated current injury
  • external cause code to identify perpetrator, if known (Y07.-)

Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

  • , if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
  • highway rest stop (Y92.523)
  • school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
  • service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
  • single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
  • transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
T74.1 Physical abuse, confirmed Not billable
T74.2 Sexual abuse, confirmed Not billable
T74.3 Psychological abuse, confirmed Not billable
T74.4 Shaken infant syndrome Not billable
T74.5 Forced sexual exploitation, confirmed Not billable
T74.6 Forced labor exploitation, confirmed Not billable
T74.9 Unspecified maltreatment, confirmed Not billable
T74.A Financial abuse, confirmed Not billable