Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

Z85

Z85.7 Personal history of other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissues

Not billable (header)Chapter 21

Report one of the more specific codes below.

Codes under this one

  • Z85.71 Personal history of Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Z85.72 Personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphomas
  • Z85.79 Personal history of other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissues

Instructional notes

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Notes
  • Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Section Z77-Z99

Code also
  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Z85

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • personal history of benign neoplasm (Z86.01-)
  • personal history of carcinoma-in-situ (Z86.00-)
Code firstSequence the underlying condition first.
  • any follow-up examination after treatment of malignant neoplasm (Z08)
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • code to identify:
  • alcohol use and dependence (F10.-)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services · Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

Coverage and payment depend on the claim details; confirm with the Medicare Administrative Contractor.