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Z73

Problems related to life management difficulty

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • Z73.0 Burn-out
  • Z73.1 Type A behavior pattern
  • Z73.2 Lack of relaxation and leisure
  • Z73.3 Stress, not elsewhere classified
  • Z73.4 Inadequate social skills, not elsewhere classified
  • Z73.5 Social role conflict, not elsewhere classified
  • Z73.6 Limitation of activities due to disability
  • Z73.8 Other problems related to life management difficulty (also a header)
  • Z73.9 Problem related to life management difficulty, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Problems related to life management difficulty

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)