Z31.8Encounter for other procreative management

Z31.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for other procreative management. It belongs to category Z31 (encounter for procreative management), block Z30-Z39 (persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 5 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z31, choose Z31.8 (other procreative management) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: reversal of previous sterilization (Z31.0), procreative investigation and testing (Z31.4), procreative genetic counseling (Z31.5), general counseling and advice on procreation (Z31.6), and counseling for gestational carrier (Z31.7) and unspecified (Z31.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z31.81 (patient), Z31.82 (status), Z31.83 (cycle), Z31.84 (procedure) and Z31.89 (management).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.