Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances

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:

Z76.81 Expectant parent(s) prebirth pediatrician visit
Z76.82 Awaiting organ transplant status
Z76.89 Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances

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 Persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances

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
Z76.3	Healthy person accompanying sick person	Valid
Z76.4	Other boarder to healthcare facility	Valid
Z76.5	Malingerer [conscious simulation]	Valid