Z73.3Stress, not elsewhere classified

Z73.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for stress, not elsewhere classified. It belongs to category Z73 (problems related to life management difficulty), block Z69-Z76 (persons encountering health services in other circumstances) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within Z73 (problems related to life management difficulty), Z73.3 is specifically for stress, not elsewhere classified. Related codes cover Burn-out (Z73.0), type A behavior pattern (Z73.1), lack of relaxation and leisure (Z73.2), inadequate social skills, not elsewhere classified (Z73.4), social role conflict, not elsewhere classified (Z73.5), Limitation of activities due to disability (Z73.6), other problems related to life management difficulty (Z73.8) and problem related to life management difficulty, unspecified (Z73.9).

Don't report Z73.3 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: stress related to employment or unemployment (Z56.-).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 951 (Other Factors Influencing Health Status, relative weight 0.5577), in MDC 23 (Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

It is not acceptable as the principal diagnosis for an inpatient stay; it may be reported as a secondary diagnosis.

It is exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting, so no POA indicator is required.

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

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as V69.8 (other problems related to lifestyle).