Z91.A — Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's medical treatment and regimen
Not billable
Is Z91.A billable?
No — Z91.A is a non-billable header code. Z91.A groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 11 billable codes beneath Z91.A.
Billable codes under this header
- Z91.A3Caregiver's unintentional underdosing of patient's medication regimen
- Z91.A10Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's dietary regimen due to financial hardship
- Z91.A18Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's dietary regimen for other reason
- Z91.A20Caregiver's intentional underdosing of patient's medication regimen due to financial hardship
- Z91.A28Caregiver's intentional underdosing of medication regimen for other reason
- Z91.A41Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen due to financial hardship
- Z91.A48Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimen for other reason
- Z91.A51Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's renal dialysis due to financial hardship
- Z91.A58Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's renal dialysis for other reason
- Z91.A91Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimen due to financial hardship
- Z91.A98Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimen for other reason
Z91.A at a glance
| Code | Z91.A |
|---|---|
| Description | Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's medical treatment and regimen |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Z91
The conditions below are not part of Z91.A, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, Z91.A and the excluded code may both be reported.
Code also — inherited from Z77-Z99
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition fully. Whether Z91.A is sequenced first depends on the reason for the encounter.
- any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)
What codes fall under Z91.A? (6)
- Z91.A1Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's dietary regimennot billable
- Z91.A2Caregiver's intentional underdosing of patient's medication regimennot billable
- Z91.A3Caregiver's unintentional underdosing of patient's medication regimen
- Z91.A4Caregiver's other noncompliance with patient's medication regimennot billable
- Z91.A5Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's renal dialysisnot billable
- Z91.A9Caregiver's noncompliance with patient's other medical treatment and regimennot billable
How long has Z91.A existed?
Z91.A first appears in FY2023.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the Z91 family? (6)
- Z91.0Allergy status, other than to drugs and biological substancesnot billable
- Z91.1Patient's noncompliance with medical treatment and regimennot billable
- Z91.4Personal history of psychological trauma, not elsewhere classifiednot billable
- Z91.5Personal history of self-harmnot billable
- Z91.8Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classifiednot billable
- Z91.BPersonal risk factor of exposure to diethylstilbestrol