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Z85.01

Personal history of malignant neoplasm of esophagus

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Personal history of primary malignant neoplasm of esophagus
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Personal history of primary malignant neoplasm of esophagus Personal history of malignant neoplasm of esophagus

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 Z85 Personal history of malignant neoplasm

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)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z85.00 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of unspecified digestive organ Valid
Z85.02 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of stomach Not billable
Z85.03 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of large intestine Not billable
Z85.04 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of rectum, rectosigmoid junction, and anus Not billable
Z85.05 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of liver Valid
Z85.06 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of small intestine Not billable
Z85.07 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of pancreas Valid
Z85.09 Personal history of malignant neoplasm of other digestive organs Valid