Parent-child conflict

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 4 more specific codes instead:

Z62.820 Parent-biological child conflict
Z62.821 Parent-adopted child conflict
Z62.822 Parent-foster child conflict
Z62.823 Parent-step child conflict

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Parent-child conflict

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z62.81	Personal history of abuse in childhood	Not billable
Z62.83	Non-parental relative or guardian-child conflict	Not billable
Z62.89	Other specified problems related to upbringing	Not billable