Z86.16
Billable codePersonal history of COVID-19
The ICD-10 code for personal history of covid-19 is Z86.16.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- post COVID-19 condition (U09.9)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- Z86.11Personal history of tuberculosis
- Z86.12Personal history of poliomyelitis
- Z86.13Personal history of malaria
- Z86.14Personal history of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
- Z86.15Personal history of latent tuberculosis infection
- Z86.19Personal history of other infectious and parasitic diseases
- Z86.16Personal history of COVID-19
Associated MS-DRGs
Z86.16 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.