2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z74.8

Other problems related to care provider dependency

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z74.8
ICD-10 Code for:
Other problems related to care provider dependency
Is Billable?
Yes - 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)
      • Problems related to care provider dependency
        (Z74)

Z74.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other problems related to care provider dependency. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

This code describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Abusive caretaking
  • Care breaking down
  • Caregiver can no longer cope
  • Caregiver difficulty interpreting non-verbal communication
  • Caregiver difficulty interpreting verbal communication
  • Caregiver difficulty performing caretaking
  • Caregiver difficulty providing cognitive learning experiences
  • Caregiver difficulty providing emotional nurturance
  • Caregiver difficulty providing healthcare
  • Caregiver difficulty providing physical care
  • Caregiver difficulty providing physical safety
  • Caregiver does not understand care plan
  • Caregiver is reluctant to care
  • Caregiver is unwilling to care
  • Caregiver unable to cope
  • Carer behavior is cause for safeguarding concern
  • Conflicting attitude of caregiver
  • Decreased caregiver stress
  • Difficulty with caretaking responsibilities
  • Dissatisfaction with caretaking responsibilities
  • Dominated by caregiver
  • Dominated by others
  • Finding of caregiver transport
  • Finding of support for informal caregiver
  • Finding of willingness of caregiver to provide care
  • Finding of willingness of caregiver to provide care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Finding related to dependent adult care
  • Functionally dependent
  • Ineffective protection
  • Informal caregiver unsupported
  • Lacks adequate physical care
  • Neglectful caretaking
  • No help available from lay caregiver
  • No transport available to caregiver
  • Partner unable to care for subject
  • Poor informal care arrangements
  • Problem with continuity of care
  • Problem with informal caregiver
  • Quality of informal care - finding
  • Requires sighted guide
  • Requires supervision to perform wheelchair transfer

Clinical Classification

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Convert Z74.8 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: V60.89 - Housing/econo circum NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

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.