Z87 › Z87.7

Z87.72 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of nervous system and sense organs

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Codes under this one

Z87.720 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of eye
Z87.721 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations of ear
Z87.728 Personal history of other specified (corrected) congenital malformations of nervous system and sense organs

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)

Z87

Code firstSequence the underlying condition first.

any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)

Z87.7

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

congenital malformations that have been partially corrected or repaired but which still require medical treatment - code to condition
other postprocedural states (Z98.-)
personal history of medical treatment (Z92.-)
presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts (Z95.-)
presence of other devices (Z97.-)
presence of other functional implants (Z96.-)
transplanted organ and tissue status (Z94.-)

Inclusion terms

Conditions classifiable to Q00-Q89 that have been repaired or corrected

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.

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