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Z73.81

Behavioral insomnia of childhood

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • Z73.810 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, sleep-onset association type
  • Z73.811 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, limit setting type
  • Z73.812 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, combined type
  • Z73.819 Behavioral insomnia of childhood, unspecified type

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 Behavioral insomnia of childhood

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)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z73.82 Dual sensory impairment Valid
Z73.89 Other problems related to life management difficulty Valid