2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z91.148
Patient's other noncompliance with medication regimen for other reason
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Z91.148
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Patient's other noncompl with meds regimen for other reason
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Z91.148 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of patient's other noncompliance with medication regimen for other reason. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.
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.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Deficit of medication supply
- Difficulty managing medication due to special need
- Difficulty obtaining medication
- Difficulty obtaining refills
- Difficulty self-administering non-parenteral medication
- Difficulty self-administering parenteral medication
- Difficulty taking medication
- Discontinued medication without order
- Does not follow recommended medication dosage
- Does not follow recommended medication schedule
- Does not manage medication
- Does not manage medication
- Does not manage medication
- Does not obtain medication
- Does not refill medications appropriately
- Does not self-administer non-parenteral medication
- Does not self-administer parenteral medication
- Does not take medication
- Does not take medication if feeling ill
- Drug compliance poor
- Drug treatment stopped patient ran out of medication
- Drugs - partial non-compliance
- Drugs - total non-compliance
- Finding relating to special educational needs
- History of noncompliance with medication regimen
- Impaired ability to manage medication regime
- Inadequate system for taking medication
- Ineffective medication administration routine at home
- Medication adherence variable
- Medication non-adherence due to hearing impairment
- Medication non-adherence due to intolerance
- Medication non-adherence due to language barrier
- Medication non-adherence due to psychosocial issues
- Medication non-compliance due to cognitive impairment
- Medication non-compliance due to excessive pill burden
- Medication non-compliance due to visual impairment
- Medication overuse
- Medication taken at higher dose than recommended
- Medication taken at lower dose than recommended
- Misuse of medication
- Mixes medication with alcohol
- Non-compliance of drug therapy
- Non-compliance of drug therapy
- Non-compliance of drug therapy
- Non-compliance of drug therapy
- Noncompliance with antiretroviral medication regimen
- Noncompliance with medication regimen
- Patient alters dosing schedule for convenience
- Patient does not renew prescription
- Patient has difficulty administering medication
- Patient has difficulty distinguishing between medications
- Patient has difficulty preparing medication
- Patient sequesters unused medication
- Patient takes inappropriate over-the-counter medication
- Patient takes non-prescribed prescription medication
- Poor compliance with inhaler
- Prescription not collected
- Refuses to discontinue medication
- Stops taking medication too soon
- Takes medication less frequently than recommended
- Takes medication more frequently than recommended
- Taking medication without order
- Unable to manage medication
- Unable to obtain medication
- Unable to self-administer medication
- Unable to self-administer medication
- Unable to self-administer non-parenteral medication
- Unable to self-administer parenteral medication
- Unable to take medication
- Uses less medication than prescribed
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).
- - Noncompliance - Z91.199
- - with
- - medication regimen NEC - Z91.148
- - underdosing - See Also: Table of Drugs and Chemicals, categories T36-T50, with final character 6; - Z91.148
- - medication regimen NEC - Z91.148
- - with
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.
Present on Admission (POA)
Z91.148 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 | 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 |
Replacement Code
Z91148 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-CM code(s):
- Z91.14 - Patient's other noncompliance with medication regimen
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024