Oral health risk factors

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, FY2018 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

Z91.841 Risk for dental caries, low
Z91.842 Risk for dental caries, moderate
Z91.843 Risk for dental caries, high
Z91.849 Unspecified risk for dental caries

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

FY2018 Added to the code set Oral health risk factors

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 Z91 Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health (Z77.-)
exposure to pollution and other problems related to physical environment (Z77.1-)
female genital mutilation status (N90.81-)
occupational exposure to risk factors (Z57.-)
personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)

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

Code	Description	Status
Z91.81	History of falling	Valid
Z91.82	Personal history of military deployment	Valid
Z91.83	Wandering in diseases classified elsewhere	Valid
Z91.85	Personal history of military service	Valid
Z91.89	Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified	Valid