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Z85

Personal history of malignant neoplasm

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • Z85.0 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of digestive organs (also a header)
  • Z85.1 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (also a header)
  • Z85.2 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other respiratory and intrathoracic organs (also a header)
  • Z85.3 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of breast
  • Z85.4 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of genital organs (also a header)
  • Z85.5 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of urinary tract (also a header)
  • Z85.6 Personal history of leukemia
  • Z85.7 Personal history of other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissues (also a header)
  • Z85.8 Personal history of malignant neoplasms of other organs and systems (also a header)
  • Z85.9 Personal history of malignant neoplasm, unspecified

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 Personal history of malignant neoplasm

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • personal history of benign neoplasm (Z86.01-)
  • personal history of carcinoma-in-situ (Z86.00-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol use and dependence (F10.-)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Code first

  • any follow-up examination after treatment of malignant neoplasm (Z08)

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)