Z69.0Encounter for mental health services for child abuse problems

Z69.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for mental health services for child abuse problems. It belongs to category Z69 (encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse), block Z69-Z76 (persons encountering health services in other circumstances) 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z69 (encounter for mental health services for victim and perpetrator of abuse), Z69.0 is specifically for encounter for mental health services for child abuse problems. Related codes cover spousal or partner abuse problems (Z69.1) and victim or perpetrator of other abuse (Z69.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z69.01 (abuse) and Z69.02 (abuse).

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