2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z73

Problems related to life management difficulty

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • Z73 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM Z73 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z73 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z73 may differ.
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (Z73) and the excluded code together.
  • problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65
    ICD-10-CM Range Z55-Z65

    Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances

    • Z55 Problems related to education and litera...
    • Z56 Problems related to employment and unemp...
    • Z57 Occupational exposure to risk factors
    • Z58 Problems related to physical environment
    • Z59 Problems related to housing and economic...
    • Z60 Problems related to social environment
    • Z62 Problems related to upbringing
    • Z63 Other problems related to primary suppor...
    • Z64 Problems related to certain psychosocial...
    • Z65 Problems related to other psychosocial c...
    )
The following code(s) above Z73 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to Z73:
  • Z00-Z99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range Z00-Z99

    Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

    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:
    • (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.
    Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to Z73:
  • Type 2 Excludes: Z72
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z72

    Problems related to lifestyle

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • problems related to life-management difficulty (Z73.-)
    • problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Z73
Z72.8 Other problems related to lifestyle
Z72.81 Antisocial behavior
Z72.810 Child and adolescent antisocial behavior
Z72.811 Adult antisocial behavior
Z72.82 Problems related to sleep
Z72.820 Sleep deprivation
Z72.821 Inadequate sleep hygiene
Z72.823 Risk of suffocation (smothering) under another while sleeping
Z72.89 Other problems related to lifestyle
Z72.9 Problem related to lifestyle, unspecified
Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty
Z73.0 Burn-out
Z73.1 Type A behavior pattern
Z73.2 Lack of relaxation and leisure
Z73.3 Stress, not elsewhere classified
Z73.4 Inadequate social skills, not elsewhere classified
Z73.5 Social role conflict, not elsewhere classified
Z73.6 Limitation of activities due to disability
Z73.8 Other problems related to life management difficulty
Z73.81 Behavioral insomnia of childhood
Z73.810 …… sleep-onset association type

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.