ICD-10-CM Tabular Index · Chapter 21 · FY 2026 Z69–Z76
Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76) ICD-10-CM
The Z69–Z76 section covers persons encountering health services in other circumstances with 109 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, of which 85 are billable in fiscal year 2026. The section is organized into the 8 code ranges listed below.
✓ Built from the official CMS FY 2026 datasetEffective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026
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About the Z69–Z76 Code Range
Codes Z69-Z76 are used to classify encounters with health services for specific non-disease-related circumstances, such as receiving counseling or supervision, dealing with abuse, lifestyle problems, or care provider dependency. These codes help document visits focused on mental health support, lifestyle factors, and special health service needs.
This range covers encounters for mental health services related to abuse—including child abuse, spousal or partner abuse, and other abuse victims or perpetrators under Z69. Counseling codes under Z70 address sexual attitudes, behaviors, and orientation concerns. The Z71 series includes counseling for other issues like alcohol, drug, tobacco abuse, HIV, diet, and general medical advice. Codes in Z72 identify problems related to lifestyle, including tobacco use, lack of exercise, inappropriate diet, high-risk sexual behavior, and gambling. Life management difficulties such as burn-out, stress, inadequate social skills, and social role conflicts fall under Z73. Dependency on care providers and the need for assistance or supervision at home use codes Z74. Issues related to healthcare access, facility availability, waiting periods, and dissatisfaction with services are classified in Z75. Finally, Z76 addresses other specific health service encounters such as repeat prescriptions, care of foundlings, healthy accompanying persons, malingering, and awaiting organ transplants. These codes support accurate recording of non-illness health service interactions for effective care management and reporting.
Questions About This Page
How many codes are in the Z69-Z76 range?
The Z69-Z76 range contains 109 ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes in FY 2026. 85 of them are billable, and the rest are category headers that organize the section.
What conditions does Z69-Z76 cover?
The range covers persons encountering health services in other circumstances. The code ranges listed above break it into groups of related conditions, and each one links to its own page with the full code list.
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
encounter for mental health services for sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
problems related to life-management difficulty Z73
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances Z55Z65
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances Z55Z65
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
dependence on enabling machines or devices NEC Z99
