Z74.2Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care

Z74.2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care. It belongs to category Z74 (problems related to care provider dependency), 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 Z74, choose Z74.2 (Need for assistance at home and no other household member able to render care) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: reduced mobility (Z74.0), Need for assistance with personal care (Z74.1), Need for continuous supervision (Z74.3), other problems related to care provider dependency (Z74.8) and problem related to care provider dependency, unspecified (Z74.9).

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 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 V60.4 (no other household member able to render care).