ICD-10-CM · Chapter 21 · Z00–Z99
Z62.21
Child in welfare custody
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Quick facts
- Code
- Z62.21
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 21 — Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
- Category
- Z62 — Problems related to upbringing
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM Z62.21 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of child in welfare custody. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in Z62
- Z62Problems related to upbringing
- Z62.0Inadequate parental supervision and control
- Z62.1Parental overprotection
- Z62.2Upbringing away from parents
- Z62.22Institutional upbringing
- Z62.23Child in custody of non-parental relative
- Z62.24Child in custody of non-relative guardian
- Z62.29Other upbringing away from parents
- Z62.3Hostility towards and scapegoating of child
- Z62.6Inappropriate (excessive) parental pressure
- Z62.8Other specified problems related to upbringing
- Z62.81Personal history of abuse in childhood
- Z62.810Personal history of physical and sexual abuse in childhood
- Z62.811Personal history of psychological abuse in childhood
- Z62.812Personal history of neglect in childhood
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