Activities of Daily Living Treatment ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z73.6 [convert to ICD-9-CM] Limitation of activities due to disability Disability affecting daily living; care-provider dependency (Z74.-)
2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z73.6. Limitation of activities due to disability. Z73.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. Disabilities make it harder to do normal daily activities.
Z73.89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z73.89 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z73.89 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z73.89 may differ. Z codes represent reasons for encounters.
Z74. 0 - Reduced mobility. ICD-10-CM.
Y93.01ICD-10 code Y93. 01 for Activity, walking, marching and hiking is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - External causes of morbidity .
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z79: Long term (current) drug therapy.
Y93. K1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Y93.
W01.0XXAICD-10-CM Code for Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling without subsequent striking against object, initial encounter W01. 0XXA.
Diagnosis Codes Never to be Used as Primary Diagnosis With the adoption of ICD-10, CMS designated that certain Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injury, Poisoning, Morbidity (E000-E999 in the ICD-9 code set) and Manifestation ICD-10 Diagnosis codes cannot be used as the primary diagnosis on claims.
Z codes may be used as either a first-listed (principal diagnosis code in the inpatient setting) or secondary code, depending on the circumstances of the encounter. Certain Z codes may only be used as first-listed or principal diagnosis.
11 or Z51. 12 is the only diagnosis on the line, then the procedure or service will be denied because this diagnosis should be assigned as a secondary diagnosis. When the Primary, First-Listed, Principal or Only diagnosis code is a Sequela diagnosis code, then the claim line will be denied.
89 as the primary diagnosis and the specific drug dependence diagnosis as the secondary diagnosis. For the monitoring of patients on methadone maintenance and chronic pain patients with opioid dependence use diagnosis code Z79. 891, suspected of abusing other illicit drugs, use diagnosis code Z79. 899.
Code R53. 83 is the diagnosis code used for Other Fatigue. It is a condition marked by drowsiness and an unusual lack of energy and mental alertness. It can be caused by many things, including illness, injury, or drugs.
V58. 69 - Long-term (current) Use of Other Medications [Internet]. In: ICD-10-CM.
Z73.6 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of limitation of activities due to disability. The code Z73.6 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.#N#The ICD-10-CM code Z73.6 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like activity alteration, activity of daily living alteration, asthma limiting activities, asthma limiting activities, asthma limiting activities , asthma limits walking on the flat, etc. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.#N#The code Z73.6 describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code Z73.6:
Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause.
Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission. Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. Clinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.
Z73.6 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.