ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
Z76.0Encounter for issue of repeat prescription
Z76.0 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounter for issue of repeat prescription. It can be reported on claims for dates of service from October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027.
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About Z76.0
Z76.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for issue of repeat prescription. It belongs to category Z76 (persons encountering health services in other circumstances), 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 Z76 (persons encountering health services in other circumstances), Z76.0 is specifically for encounter for issue of repeat prescription. Related codes cover encounter for health supervision and care of foundling (Z76.1), encounter for health supervision and care of other healthy infant and child (Z76.2), healthy person accompanying sick person (Z76.3), other boarder to healthcare facility (Z76.4), Malingerer [conscious simulation] (Z76.5) and persons encountering health services in other specified circumstances (Z76.8).
The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z76.0, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: issue of medical certificate (Z02.7) and repeat prescription for contraceptive (Z30.4-).
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 V68.1 (issue of repeat prescriptions).
Coding notes
- Encounter for issue of repeat prescription for appliance
- Encounter for issue of repeat prescription for medicaments
- Encounter for issue of repeat prescription for spectacles
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to Z76.0.
Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
Alphabetic index entries
1 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to Z76.0.
Codes whose notes reference Z76.0
- Z46Excludes2
MS-DRG v44.0 grouping
All DRGs →Inpatient MS-DRGs this diagnosis can group to, as the principal or a secondary diagnosis, depending on the rest of the claim.
MDC 23 · Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Converter →- V68.1Issue of repeat prescriptionsexact
From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.
Code history
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- 2022
- 2023
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- 2025
- 2026
- 2027
- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about Z76.0
Is Z76.0 billable?
- Yes. Z76.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code valid for FY2027 (October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027).
Can Z76.0 be used as a principal diagnosis?
- No. It is not acceptable as the principal diagnosis for an inpatient stay; it may be reported as a secondary diagnosis.
Is Z76.0 a CC or MCC?
- No. Z76.0 is neither a CC nor an MCC under MS-DRG v44.0.
What DRG does Z76.0 group to?
- Z76.0 is used in the MS-DRG v44.0 logic for MS-DRG 951 (Other Factors Influencing Health Status). Which one applies depends on whether it is the principal diagnosis and on the rest of the claim.