ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z55-Z65 › Z63.7 Other stressful life events... › Z63.79
Other stressful life events affecting family and household
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 Other stressful life events affecting family and household
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.
- Missing
- Amputation
- Stress > family
- Problem > family
- Loss > organ or part
- Absence > toe > with foot
- Absence > family member NEC
- Isolation, isolated > family
- Sick > or handicapped person in family
- Disruption > family > due to > stressful life events NEC
- Problem > presence of sick or disabled person in family or household
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z63.71 | Stress on family due to return of family member from military deployment | Valid |
| Z63.72 | Alcoholism and drug addiction in family | Valid |