Inappropriate (excessive) parental pressure

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Inappropriate parental pressure and other abnormal qualities of upbringing
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Inappropriate parental pressure and other abnormal qualities of upbringing~~ Inappropriate (excessive) parental pressure

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.

Pressure > parental, inappropriate
Problem > inappropriate parental pressure

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z62.0	Inadequate parental supervision and control	Valid
Z62.1	Parental overprotection	Valid
Z62.2	Upbringing away from parents	Not billable
Z62.3	Hostility towards and scapegoating of child	Valid
Z62.8	Other specified problems related to upbringing	Not billable
Z62.9	Problem related to upbringing, unspecified	Valid