2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z14.8Genetic carrier of other disease
Z14.8 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for genetic carrier of other disease. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 951. The code is not accepted as a principal diagnosis by the Medicare Code Editor and exempt from POA reporting. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Other specified status.
Code Identity
Code Classification
Code EditsBilling
Medicare Code Editor checks that affect claim validity for Z14.8.
Present on Admission (POA)Billing
Z14.8 is exempt from POA reporting on inpatient claims to general acute care hospitals. Review the other POA exempt codes in Genetic carrier and genetic susceptibility to disease (Z14-Z15).
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Asymptomatic carrier of hereditary factor VIII deficiency disease
- Carrier of alpha thalassemia
- Carrier of Becker muscular dystrophy
- Carrier of beta thalassemia
- Carrier of Bloom syndrome
- Carrier of Canavan disease
- Carrier of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Carrier of chromosome disorder
- Carrier of chromosome translocation
- Carrier of classical phenylketonuria
- Carrier of congenital cystic kidney disease
- Carrier of Cowden syndrome
- Carrier of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency
- Carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Carrier of familial adenomatous polyposis
- Carrier of familial combined hyperlipidemia
- Carrier of familial dysautonomia
- Carrier of familial hypercholesterolemia
- Carrier of Fanconi anemia group C
- Carrier of fragile X chromosome
- Carrier of galactosemia
- Carrier of Gaucher disease
- Carrier of genetic marker for cardiomyopathy
- Carrier of glycogen storage disease
- Carrier of hemochromatosis
- Carrier of hemochromatosis HFE gene mutation
- Carrier of hemoglobinopathy C disorder
- Carrier of hemoglobinopathy disorder
- Carrier of hemoglobinopathy E disorder
- Carrier of hereditary factor IX deficiency disease
- Carrier of hereditary factor VIII deficiency disease
- Carrier of heritable cancer
- Carrier of high risk cancer mutation gene
- Carrier of Joubert syndrome with oculorenal defect
- Carrier of maple syrup urine disease type IB
- Carrier of metabolic disorder
- Carrier of mitochondrial defect
- Carrier of mucolipidosis type IV
- Carrier of muscular dystrophy
- Carrier of myotonic dystrophy
- Carrier of Nebulin-related nemaline myopathy
- Carrier of neurogenetic disorder
- Carrier of Niemann-Pick disease type A
- Carrier of Niemann-Pick disease type B
- Carrier of nonsyndromic deafness
- Carrier of sickle cell gene mutation
- Carrier of spinal muscular atrophy
- Carrier of spinocerebellar ataxia
- Carrier of Tay Sachs disease gene mutation
- Carrier of Usher syndrome type 1F
- Carrier of Usher syndrome type 2
- Carrier of Usher syndrome type 3
- Carrier of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Carrier of von Willebrand disease
- Carrier of Walker-Warburg congenital muscular dystrophy
- Familial disease
- Gastrointestinal hormone level - finding
- Genetic disorder carrier
- Genetic predisposition
- Hemophilia carrier
- Hereditary alpha-tryptasemia trait detected
- Hereditary disease
- Manifesting female carrier of X-linked muscular dystrophy
- Maternally inherited mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid disease
- Symptomatic carrier of hereditary factor VIII deficiency disease
- Symptomatic carrier of X-linked hereditary factor IX deficiency disease
- Symptomatic carrier of X-linked hereditary factor VIII deficiency disease
- Symptomatic form of muscular dystrophy of Duchenne and Becker in female carrier
- X-linked muscular dystrophy with abnormal dystrophin
- X-linked muscular dystrophy with limb girdle distribution
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z14.8: its own notes plus those printed at Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Notes
General instructions on how these codes are used.
- Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
- (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
- (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Patient EducationClinical
Genetic Disorders
Genetic disorders are health conditions caused by changes (also called mutations or variants) in your genes. Genes are parts of DNA found in your cells that carry instructions for how your body grows, develops, and functions. Many genes tell your body how to make proteins, which are needed for your body to work properly.
The full article covers:
- What are genetic disorders?
- What causes genetic disorders?
- What are the types of genetic disorders?
- What are the different ways a genetic disorder can be inherited?
- How are genetic disorders diagnosed?
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Convert Z14.8 to ICD-9-CMHistory
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Questions About Z14.8Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for genetic carrier of other disease?
The ICD-10-CM code for genetic carrier of other disease is Z14.8 (sometimes written as Z148). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is Z14.8 (Genetic carrier) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report genetic carrier of other disease on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does Z14.8 group to?
On inpatient claims, genetic carrier of other disease maps to MS-DRG 951 (other Factors Influencing Health Status), which carries a relative weight of 0.5574. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
Can Z14.8 be a principal diagnosis?
No. The Medicare Code Editor rejects this code as a principal diagnosis because genetic carrier of other disease describes a circumstance that influences health status rather than a current illness. Report it as a secondary diagnosis.
Is Z14.8 exempt from POA reporting?
Yes. CMS lists this code among those exempt from present on admission reporting, so hospitals do not assign a POA indicator for genetic carrier of other disease on inpatient claims. The code appears in the Genetic carrier and genetic susceptibility to disease (Z14-Z15) range of the CMS exempt list.
