2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z76.82Awaiting organ transplant status
Z76.82 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for awaiting organ transplant status. 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. Coders also document this condition as awaiting transplantation of pancreas. 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 Z76.82.
Present on Admission (POA)Billing
Z76.82 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.
- Awaiting transplantation of pancreas
- On waiting list for organ transplant
- On waiting list for renal transplant
- Waiting list status
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z76.82: its own notes plus those printed at 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.
- Patient waiting for organ availability
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.
Status (post) See Also: Presence (of);
awaiting organ transplant Z76.82
Transplant (ed) (status) Z94.9
awaiting organ Z76.82
candidate Z76.82
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Patient EducationClinical
Organ Transplantation
You may need an organ transplant if one of your organs has failed. This can happen because of illness or injury. When you have an organ transplant, doctors remove an organ from another person and place it in your body. The organ may come from a living donor or a donor who has died.
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Convert Z76.82 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
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Questions About Z76.82Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for awaiting organ transplant status?
The ICD-10-CM code for awaiting organ transplant status is Z76.82 (sometimes written as Z7682). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is Z76.82 a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report awaiting organ transplant status on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does Z76.82 group to?
On inpatient claims, awaiting organ transplant status 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 Z76.82 be a principal diagnosis?
No. The Medicare Code Editor rejects this code as a principal diagnosis because awaiting organ transplant status describes a circumstance that influences health status rather than a current illness. Report it as a secondary diagnosis.
Is Z76.82 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 awaiting organ transplant status on inpatient claims. The code appears in the Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76) range of the CMS exempt list.
