2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z62Problems related to upbringing

ICD-10-CM Codes›Z00–Z99›Z55-Z65›Z62

ICD-10-CM Z62
CMSSource: CMS FY 2027 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Z62 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for problems related to upbringing, so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as Z62.0, Z62.1, Z62.21, and Z62.22.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
Z62
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Problems related to upbringing
Short Description
Problems related to upbringing
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Chapter
Z55-Z65
Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances

Code Classification

ChapterZ00–Z99Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
SectionZ55-Z65Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances
CategoryZ62Problems related to upbringing
This CodeZ62Problems related to upbringing

Specific Coding for Problems related to upbringingOverview

Non-specific codes like Z62 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:

  • Use Z62.0 for Inadequate parental supervision and control

  • Use Z62.1 for Parental overprotection

  • Z62.2 for Upbringing away from parents

  • Use Z62.21 for Child in welfare custody

  • Use Z62.22 for Institutional upbringing

  • Use Z62.23 for Child in custody of non-parental relative

  • Use Z62.24 for Child in custody of non-relative guardian

  • Use Z62.29 for Other upbringing away from parents

  • Use Z62.3 for Hostility towards and scapegoating of child

  • Use Z62.6 for Inappropriate (excessive) parental pressure

  • Z62.8 for Other specified problems related to upbringing

  • Z62.81 for Personal history of abuse in childhood

  • Z62.82 for Parent-child conflict

  • Z62.83 for Non-parental relative or guardian-child conflict

  • Z62.89 for Other specified problems related to upbringing

  • Use Z62.9 for Problem related to upbringing, unspecified

Instructional NotesGuidance

Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z62: its own notes plus those printed at Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.

Includes

Further defines, or gives examples of, the content of the category.

  • current and past negative life events in childhood
  • current and past problems of a child related to upbringing

Excludes2

Not included here: the excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, so both codes may be reported.

  • maltreatment syndrome (T74.-)
  • problems related to housing and economic circumstances (Z59.-)

Notes

General instructions on how these codes are used.

From Chapter 21 (Z00-Z99) Factors influencing health status and contact with health services applies to 1,425 codes
  • 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.

Referenced in Other NotesGuidance

Instructional notes printed at other codes that name Z62, its category, or a range that includes it.

Excludes2 4

These codes carry an Excludes2 note naming Z62: its condition is not part of those codes, and both may be reported when the patient has both.

  • Z59 Problems related to housing and economic circumstances
    problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)
  • Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances
    parent-child problems (Z62.-)
  • Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances
    problems related to negative life events in childhood (Z62.-)
  • Z63 Other problems related to primary support group, including family circumstances
    problems related to upbringing (Z62.-)

Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2026No changes
FY 2027CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Questions About Z62Overview

What is the ICD-10 code for problems related to upbringing?

Z62 is the ICD-10-CM category for problems related to upbringing, but it is a non-billable header: claims need a more specific code from this category, listed on this page.

Is Z62 (Problems related to upbringing) a billable code?

No. This is a category header that groups the codes for problems related to upbringing, and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for problems related to upbringing need a more specific code from this category, such as Z62.0, Z62.1, and Z62.21.