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Z91.A4

Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2023 only, and a category header from FY2024.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • Z91.A41 Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen due to financial hardship
  • Z91.A48 Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen for other reason

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

  1. FY2023 Added to the code set Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen
  2. FY2024 Stopped being billable

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z91.A1 Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's dietary regimen Not billable
Z91.A2 Caregiver's intentional underdosing of patient's medication regimen Not billable
Z91.A3 Caregiver's unintentional underdosing of patient's medication regimen Valid
Z91.A5 Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's renal dialysis Not billable
Z91.A9 Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimen Not billable