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Z76.3
Healthy person accompanying sick person
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 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Healthy person accompanying sick person
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.
- Healthy > person accompanying sick person
- Healthy > infant > accompanying sick mother
- Boarder, hospital NEC > accompanying sick person
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z76.0 | Encounter for issue of repeat prescription | Valid |
| Z76.1 | Encounter for health supervision and care of foundling | Valid |
| Z76.2 | Encounter for health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child | Valid |
| Z76.4 | Other boarder to healthcare facility | Valid |
| Z76.5 | Malingerer [conscious simulation] | Valid |
| Z76.8 | Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances | Not billable |