Z87.3Personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Z87.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. It belongs to category Z87 (personal history of other diseases and conditions), block Z77-Z99 (persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status) 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 Z87 (personal history of other diseases and conditions), Z87.3 is specifically for personal history of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. Related codes cover diseases of the respiratory system (Z87.0), diseases of the digestive system (Z87.1), diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (Z87.2), diseases of genitourinary system (Z87.4), complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (Z87.5), certain (corrected) conditions arising in the perinatal period (Z87.6), (corrected) congenital malformations (Z87.7) and other specified conditions (Z87.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z87.31 (fracture) and Z87.39 (tissue).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z87.3, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: personal history of (healed) traumatic fracture (Z87.81).

Code first: any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09).

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