Parent-biological child conflict
Billable / specificPOA exempt
Z62.820 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Parent-child problem NOS
Includes (from Z62)
- current and past negative life events in childhood
- current and past problems of a child related to upbringing
- Note: 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:
- Note: (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.
- Note: (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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
- , if applicable: (from Z62.8)
- absence of family member (Z63.3-) (from Z62.8)
- disappearance and death of family member (Z63.4) (from Z62.8)
- disruption of family by separation and divorce (Z63.5) (from Z62.8)
- other specified problems related to primary support group (Z63.8) (from Z62.8)
- other stressful life events affecting family and household (Z63.7-) (from Z62.8)
Also known as
- Parent-child problem NOS
- Conflict, parent-child
- Conflict, parent-child, parent-biological child
Parent code
- Z62.82Parent-child conflictHeader