ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z63 Other problems related to primary... › Z63.6
Dependent relative needing care at home
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 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 Dependent relative needing care at home
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 Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances
Excludes2 - not included here
- maltreatment syndrome (T74.-, T76)
- parent-child problems (Z62.-)
- problems related to negative life events in childhood (Z62.-)
- problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)
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.
- Aftercare
- Admission > aftercare
- Encounter > aftercare
- Postoperative > visit
- Encounter > postoperative
- Postoperative > wound check
- Wound check > postoperative
- Checking > wound > postoperative
- Concern about sick person in family
- Person > sick or handicapped in family
- Problem > medical > care, within family
- Person > concern about sick person in family
- Care > family member > creating problem for family
- Sick > or handicapped person in family > needing care at home
- Problem > care > sick or handicapped person in family or household
- Problem > presence of sick or disabled person in family or household > needing care
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z63.0 | Problems in relationship with spouse or partner | Valid |
| Z63.1 | Problems in relationship with in-laws | Valid |
| Z63.3 | Absence of family member | Not billable |
| Z63.4 | Disappearance and death of family member | Valid |
| Z63.5 | Disruption of family by separation and divorce | Valid |
| Z63.7 | Other stressful life events affecting family and household | Not billable |
| Z63.8 | Other specified problems related to primary support group | Valid |
| Z63.9 | Problem related to primary support group, unspecified | Valid |