ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z62.2 Upbringing away from parents › Z62.21
Child in welfare custody
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2010 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.
- FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Child in welfare custody
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 Z62 Problems related to upbringing
Excludes2 - not included here
- maltreatment syndrome (T74.-)
- problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)
Includes
- current and past negative life events in childhood
- current and past problems of a child related to upbringing
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Child
- Problem > child > in > foster care
- Problem > child > in > welfare > custody
- Upbringing, institutional > in foster care
- Problem > child > in > welfare > guardianship
- Upbringing, institutional > in welfare custody
- Upbringing, institutional > in care of non-parental family member
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z62.22 | Institutional upbringing | Valid |
| Z62.23 | Child in custody of non-parental relative | Valid |
| Z62.24 | Child in custody of non-relative guardian | Valid |
| Z62.29 | Other upbringing away from parents | Valid |