Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z69

Encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z69
ICD-10 Code for:
Encntr for mental health serv for victim and perp of abuse
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances
      (Z69-Z76)
      • Encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse
        (Z69)

Z69 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Encntr for mental health serv for victim and perp of abuse

Non-specific codes like Z69 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for encntr for mental health serv for victim and perp of abuse:

  • Z69.0 for Encounter for mental health services for child abuse problems - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Z69.01 for Encounter for mental health services for parental child abuse - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Z69.02 for Encounter for mental health services for non-parental child abuse - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Z69.1 for Encounter for mental health services for spousal or partner abuse problems - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z69.11 for Encounter for mental health services for victim of spousal or partner abuse - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z69.12 for Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of spousal or partner abuse - BILLABLE CODE

  • Z69.8 for Encounter for mental health services for victim or perpetrator of other abuse - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z69.81 for Encounter for mental health services for victim of other abuse - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z69.82 for Encounter for mental health services for perpetrator of other abuse - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Includes

Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
  • counseling for victims and perpetrators of abuse

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.