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ICD-10-CM Code for Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities Z65.5

ICD-10 code Z65.5 for Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .

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Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities
Excludes1: target of perceived discrimination or persecution (Z60.5)

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Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation - 90791 - Dx Issue
[QUOTE="JessiePan, post: 509043, member: 628371"] Hello all! I am new to Billing/Coding Behavioral Health and in my second week a situation has arouse that the company I'm working for has never encou... [ Read More ]
Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluation - 90791 - Dx Issue
Hello all! I am new to Billing/Coding Behavioral Health and in my second week a situation has arouse that the company I'm working for has never encountered. We have a patient who was court appoint... [ Read More ]
DX Code for Court Ordered Urine Drug Screens?
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 484403, member: 5404"] The Z65 codes fall under 'social determinants of health' and should only be used as a secondary diagnosis to report factors that contribute to the pati... [ Read More ]
DX Code for Court Ordered Urine Drug Screens?
[QUOTE="SharonCollachi, post: 484396, member: 654943"] Look at Z65.3 [/QUOTE] The Z65 codes fall under 'social determinants of health' and should only be used as a secondary diagnosis to report factor... [ Read More ]
LCD/NCD Code pair check failed
Whoops it is CPT 90792. not 90795 Pro Care 1500 CPT 90792 DX: Z03.89 - Encounter for observation for other suspected diseases and conditions ruled out [SIZE=4]Z63.0 - Problems in relationship with sp... [ Read More ]
LCD/NCD Code pair check failed
OP Hospital Crisis Unit Medicare AB 90795 - Psych Eval DX: Z03.89 Z63.0 Z65.8 Message: LCD/NCD code pair check failed online item 1 (90792) for J6 NGS policy nbr (s) L33626, L33632, please review pol... [ Read More ]
Encounter for General Psych Exam Z04.6
A client was sent to us by his Diversion Officer for a Diagnostic Assessment due to underage drinking. He has a history of substance usage - not abuse. The clinician used Z65.3 (Problems related to ... [ Read More ]
Pediatric BMI
Pediatric BMI codes are used for patients 2-20 years of age and are listed as follows: Z68.51 BMI less than 5 percentile Z68.52 BMI 5th-85th percentile Z68.53 BMI 85th-95th percentile Z65.54 BMI... [ Read More ]
Use of Z55-Z65 (Social Determinants of Health) as principal diagnosis? #sdoh #socialdeterminants #z55-z65 #zcodes
Does anyone know definitively whether or not a patient's provider may bill Z55-Z65 as a principal ICD-10 code or may they only be used as a secondary code to some other medical/clinical ICD-10 code? ... [ Read More ]
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