2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z72.810Child and adolescent antisocial behavior
Z72.810 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for child and adolescent antisocial behavior. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 880. The code is restricted by the Medicare Code Editor to pediatric patients (age 0 through 17) and exempt from POA reporting. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Lifestyle/life management factors.
Code Identity
Code Classification
Code EditsBilling
Medicare Code Editor checks that affect claim validity for Z72.810.
Present on Admission (POA)Billing
Z72.810 is exempt from POA reporting on inpatient claims to general acute care hospitals. Review the other POA exempt codes in Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76).
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Absenteeism
- Absenteeism from school
- Antisocial behavior
- Breaking wind in public
- Childhood or adolescent antisocial behavior
- Dyssocial behavior of child or adolescent
- Fighting at school
- Finding of flatus
- Intentional non-attendance at school
- Parental withholding from school
- Playing loud music - antisocial behavior
- Socialized childhood truancy
- Truancy
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z72.810: its own notes plus those printed at Z72.81, Z72, and Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Applicable To
Conditions this code is used for: synonyms of the title or, for "other specified" codes, the conditions assigned to it. The list is not exhaustive.
- Antisocial behavior (child) (adolescent) without manifest psychiatric disorder
- Delinquency NOS
- Group delinquency
- Offenses in the context of gang membership
- Stealing in company with others
- Truancy from school
Excludes1
Not coded here: the excluded code is never reported together with this one, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
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.
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.
Referenced in Other NotesGuidance
Instructional notes printed at other codes that name Z72.810, its category, or a range that includes it.
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Convert Z72.810 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
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Questions About Z72.810Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for child and adolescent antisocial behavior?
The ICD-10-CM code for child and adolescent antisocial behavior is Z72.810 (sometimes written as Z72810). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is Z72.810 (Antisocial behavior) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report child and adolescent antisocial behavior on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does Z72.810 group to?
When child and adolescent antisocial behavior is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 880 (acute Adjustment Reaction and Psychosocial Dysfunction), which carries a relative weight of 0.9306. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
Who can Z72.810 be reported for?
The Medicare Code Editor checks child and adolescent antisocial behavior against patient demographics: this code is intended for pediatric patients (age 0 through 17). Claims outside these limits are flagged as inconsistent.
Is Z72.810 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 child and adolescent antisocial behavior on inpatient claims. The code appears in the Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76) range of the CMS exempt list.
