High risk sexual behavior

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 3 more specific codes instead:

Z72.51 High risk heterosexual behavior
Z72.52 High risk homosexual behavior
Z72.53 High risk bisexual behavior

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 High risk sexual behavior

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 Z72 Problems related to lifestyle

Excludes2 - not included here

problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z72.0	Tobacco use	Valid
Z72.3	Lack of physical exercise	Valid
Z72.4	Inappropriate diet and eating habits	Valid
Z72.6	Gambling and betting	Valid
Z72.8	Other problems related to lifestyle	Not billable
Z72.9	Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified	Valid