2022 ICD-10-CM Code Z72.89
Other problems related to lifestyle
Valid for Submission
ICD-10: | Z72.89 |
Short Description: | Other problems related to lifestyle |
Long Description: | Other problems related to lifestyle |
Code Classification
Z72.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other problems related to lifestyle. The code Z72.89 is valid during the fiscal year 2022 from October 01, 2021 through September 30, 2022 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code Z72.89 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like able to control drinking, addiction to sun exposure, addiction to sunbed use, addictive behavior with potential to damage skin, admits alcohol use , alcohol intake - finding, etc. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
The code Z72.89 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.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code Z72.89:
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.
- Self-damaging behavior
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code Z72.89 are found in the index:
- - Behavior
- - self-damaging (life-style) - Z72.89
- - Self-damaging behavior (life-style) - Z72.89
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 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.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Able to control drinking
- Addiction to sun exposure
- Addiction to sunbed use
- Addictive behavior with potential to damage skin
- Admits alcohol use
- Alcohol intake - finding
- Alcohol intake - finding
- Alcohol intake exceeds recommended daily limit
- Ashamed of drinking
- Assumption of new identity
- At risk for deliberate self harm
- At risk for self-directed violence
- Attitude to drinking - finding
- Attitude to drinking - finding
- Attitude to drinking - finding
- Attitude to drinking - finding
- Behavioral tolerance to alcohol
- Current drinker
- Daily drinker
- Decreased alcohol consumption
- Difficulty getting up after drinking
- Disturbance in life pattern associated with recreation
- Disturbance in life pattern associated with travel
- Disturbance in life pattern associated with work
- Drink intake - finding
- Drink intake - finding
- Drinker of hard liquor
- Drinking bout
- Drinking day
- Drinking episode
- Drinking session
- Drinking takes priority over family obligations
- Drinking takes priority over financial obligations
- Drinking takes priority over social obligations
- Drinks alcohol evenly through week
- Drinks alcohol unevenly through week
- Drinks alcoholic cider
- Drinks alone
- Drinks at home
- Drinks at hotels
- Drinks at night clubs
- Drinks at other people's homes
- Drinks at restaurants
- Drinks at work
- Drinks in company
- Drinks in licensed premises
- Drinks in morning to get rid of hangover
- Drinks in public houses
- Drinks in public places
- Drinks on empty stomach
- Drinks wine
- Drinks with acquaintances
- Drinks with business associates
- Drinks with children
- Drinks with family
- Drinks with friends
- Drinks with spouse
- Drinks with strangers
- Drinks with work colleagues
- Electronic cigarette user
- Exercise above recommended level
- Fairly heavy drinker
- Feels afraid of being an alcoholic
- Feels drinking is out of control
- Feels effect of alcohol at work
- Feels should cut down drinking
- Finding of quantity of drinking
- Habitual drinker
- Has no stratagem to control drinking
- Heavy drinking session
- HIV risk lifestyle
- Lifestyle
- Light drinker
- Light drinker - 1-2u/day
- Makes rules about drinking
- Moderate drinker
- Moderate drinker - 3-6u/day
- Nicotine-filled electronic cigarette user
- Non-nicotine-filled electronic cigarette user
- Occasional drinker
- Park drinker
- Pattern of alcohol consumption through week - finding
- Pattern of alcohol consumption through week - finding
- Pattern of alcohol consumption through week - finding
- Pattern of drinking through day - finding
- Persistent effect of alcohol
- Persistent effect of alcohol
- Physical tolerance to alcohol
- Problem drinker
- Psychological tolerance to alcohol
- Reverse tolerance to alcohol
- Risk activity involvement
- Salience of drink-related activities
- Secret drinker
- Self-injurious behavior
- Street drinker
- Tolerance to alcohol - finding
- Tolerance to alcohol - finding
- Tolerance to alcohol - finding
- Tolerance to alcohol - finding
- Trivial drinker - <1u/day
- Unable to abstain from drinking
- Unable to control drinking
- Unable to control drinking once started
- Unable to control spontaneous drinking bouts
- Unable to stop drinking before intoxication
- Undue priority given to drink-related activities
- Unknown risk of deliberate self harm
- Use of stratagems to control drinking - finding
- Use of stratagems to control drinking - finding
- Uses stratagems to control drinking
- Very heavy drinker
- Very heavy drinker - greater than 9 units/day
- Weekend drinker
Present on Admission (POA)
Z72.89 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.
CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions
POA Indicator Code | POA Reason for Code | CMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG? |
---|---|---|
Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission. | YES |
N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. | NO |
U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | NO |
W | Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | YES |
1 | Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. | NO |
Convert Z72.89 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code Z72.89 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- V69.8 - Oth prblms rltd lfstyle (Approximate Flag)
Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)