2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z72.823
Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Z72.823
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another wh sleeping
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Z72.823 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping. 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.
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Lifestyle/life management factors
- CCSR Category Code: FAC020
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
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.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Child-caregiver co-sleeping
- Infant bed-sharing
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).
- - Bed-sharing, infant - Z72.823
- - Co-sleeping, child-caregiver - Z72.823
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.
Replacement Code
Z72823 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-CM code(s):
- Z72.89 - Other problems related to lifestyle
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - Code Added, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023