Z69.8Encounter for mental health services for victim or perpetrator of other abuse

Z69.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for mental health services for victim or perpetrator of other abuse. 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, choose Z69.8 (victim or perpetrator of other abuse) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: child abuse problems (Z69.0) and spousal or partner abuse problems (Z69.1).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z69.81 (abuse) and Z69.82 (abuse).

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