Z87.5
Header — not billablePersonal history of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
The ICD-10 code for personal history of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium is Z87.5.
Z87.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- recurrent pregnancy loss (N96)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- Z87.0Personal history of diseases of the respiratory systemnon-billable header
- Z87.1Personal history of diseases of the digestive systemnon-billable header
- Z87.2Personal history of diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Z87.3Personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissuenon-billable header
- Z87.4Personal history of diseases of genitourinary systemnon-billable header
- Z87.6Personal history of certain (corrected) conditions arising in the perinatal periodnon-billable header
- Z87.7Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformationsnon-billable header
- Z87.8Personal history of other specified conditionsnon-billable header
- Z87.5Personal history of complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header