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Z73.6

Limitation of activities due to disability

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Limitation of activities due to disability

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 Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z73.0 Burn-out Valid
Z73.1 Type A behavior pattern Valid
Z73.2 Lack of relaxation and leisure Valid
Z73.3 Stress, not elsewhere classified Valid
Z73.4 Inadequate social skills, not elsewhere classified Valid
Z73.5 Social role conflict, not elsewhere classified Valid
Z73.8 Other problems related to life management difficulty Not billable
Z73.9 Problem related to life management difficulty, unspecified Valid