2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z82Family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement)

ICD-10-CM Codes›Z00–Z99›Z77-Z99›leading to disablement

ICD-10-CM Z82
CMSSource: CMS FY 2027 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Z82 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement), so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as Z82.0, Z82.1, Z82.2, and Z82.3.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
Z82
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement)
Short Description
Fam hx of certain disabil & chr dis (leading to disablement)
Chapter
Z77-Z99
Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status

Code Classification

ChapterZ00–Z99Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
SectionZ77-Z99Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
Categoryleading to disablementFamily history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (Z82)
This CodeZ82Family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement)

Specific Coding for Fam hx of certain disabil & chr dis (leading to disablement)Overview

Non-specific codes like Z82 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:

  • Use Z82.0 for Family history of epilepsy and other diseases of the nervous system

  • Use Z82.1 for Family history of blindness and visual loss

  • Use Z82.2 for Family history of deafness and hearing loss

  • Use Z82.3 for Family history of stroke

  • Z82.4 for Family history of ischemic heart disease and other diseases of the circulatory system

  • Use Z82.41 for Family history of sudden cardiac death

  • Use Z82.49 for Family history of ischemic heart disease and other diseases of the circulatory system

  • Use Z82.5 for Family history of asthma and other chronic lower respiratory diseases

  • Z82.6 for Family history of arthritis and other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

  • Use Z82.61 for Family history of arthritis

  • Use Z82.62 for Family history of osteoporosis

  • Use Z82.69 for Family history of other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

  • Z82.7 for Family history of congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

  • Use Z82.71 for Family history of polycystic kidney

  • Use Z82.79 for Family history of other congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

  • Use Z82.8 for Family history of other disabilities and chronic diseases leading to disablement, not elsewhere classified

Instructional NotesGuidance

Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to Z82: its own notes plus those printed at block Z77-Z99 and Chapter 21. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.

Code Also

A second code may be needed to fully describe the condition; the note gives no sequencing direction.

From Block Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status applies to 567 codes
  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

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 Z82, its category, or a range that includes it.

Use Additional Code 1

These codes say to use an additional code from the note, and Z82 is one of the codes named.

  • Z15 Genetic susceptibility to disease
    code, if applicable, for any associated family history of the disease (Z80-Z84) names Z80-Z84, which includes this code

Patient EducationClinical

Family History

Your family history includes health information about you and your close relatives. Families have many factors in common, including their genes, environment, and lifestyle. Looking at these factors can help you figure out whether you have a higher risk for certain health problems, such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

Read the full article at MedlinePlus

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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 Z82Overview

Is Z82 a billable code?

No. This is a category header that groups the codes for family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement), and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for family history of certain disabilities and chronic diseases (leading to disablement) need a more specific code from this category, such as Z82.0, Z82.1, and Z82.2.