Version 2024
Replaced Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z91.15

Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis

ICD-10-CM Code:
Z91.15
ICD-10 Code for:
Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
    (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
      (Z77-Z99)
      • Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified
        (Z91)

Z91.15 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis

Non-specific codes like Z91.15 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis:

  • Use Z91.151 for Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis due to financial hardship - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Z91.158 for Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis for other reason - BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Classification

Replaced Code

This code was replaced in the 2024 ICD-10-CM code set with the code(s) listed below. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has published an update to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes which became effective October 1, 2023. This code was replaced for the FY 2024 (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024).


  • Z91.151 - Pt noncompl with renal dialysis due to financl hardship
  • Z91.158 - Patient's noncompliance with renal dialysis for other reason

Convert Z91.15 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: V45.12 - Noncmplnt w renal dialys

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • 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. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.