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Z83.7

Family history of diseases of the digestive system

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:

  • Z83.71 Family history of colonic polyps (also a header)
  • Z83.72 Family history of familial adenomatous polyposis
  • Z83.79 Family history of other diseases of the digestive system

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 Family history of diseases of the digestive system

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 Z83 Family history of other specific disorders

Excludes2 - not included here

  • contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable disease in the family (Z20.-)

Inherited from the Z77-Z99 section Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Code also

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z83.0 Family history of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease Valid
Z83.1 Family history of other infectious and parasitic diseases Valid
Z83.2 Family history of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism Valid
Z83.3 Family history of diabetes mellitus Valid
Z83.4 Family history of other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Not billable
Z83.5 Family history of eye and ear disorders Not billable
Z83.6 Family history of other diseases of the respiratory system Valid